How can I move a lot of albums to another collection?

[Anders Lund]

onsdag den 1. marts 2017 10.56.25 CET skrev jdd:
> Le 01/03/2017 à 10:44, Anders Lund a écrit :
> > PLEASE implement in next version of digikam proper file management. Using
> > file manager is not proper, as it will either discard metadata, og
> > require 10000s of metadata files written.
> 
> I'm not sure (not tested). I already know that one can rename files from
> file manager without disturbing digikam, so probably digikam manage
> files by UID, not file name.
> 
> so moving a file from a folder to an other may not be a problem. May be
> only on the same disk/partition?
> 
> pretty easy to test
> 
> jdd

I would loose alle metadata in the digikam database if I do that.