[Digikam-users] Some questions re collection on Network Share

[Simon Cropper]

On 08/02/15 22:43, cl at isbd.net wrote:
> I keep my Digikam images on my desktop machine in /home/chris/pictures.
>
> I have exported /home/chris/pictures as an NFS share so that I can see
> the pictures on my laptop too.  If I run Digikam on my laptop and
> specify the NFS /home/chris/pictures directory (wherever it's mounted
> on the laptop) as a "Collection on a Network Share" will the laptop's
> Digikam use the same database as the desktop one?
>
> At present the laptop seems to be re-scanning all the pictures in
> /home/chris/pictures and that's not what I want really, it will take a
> *very* long time and it's pointless anyway as the work has already
> been done by my desktop and put into the Digikam database.  Can't I
> tell the laptop to se the already existing database file?
>

What operating system are you using? It is hard to provide hints at a 
solution unless you have all the information.

ASSUMING all systems are linux you can solve the problem by mounting the
NFS share in an identical directory structure so Digikam does not detect 
the images have been moved and starts rescanning. I can't remember if 
the computer where the images resides is also stored in the sqlite 
database. If you find this does not work move the database to a distinct 
storage medium with a unique name and mount this to your desktop and 
laptop: this is the equivalent of having them on a NAS or MemoryStick.

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Cheers Simon

    Simon Cropper - Open Content Creator

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