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

Chris Green cl at isbd.net
Wed Mar 1 11:08:24 GMT 2017


On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 11:22:43AM +0100, Anders Lund wrote:
> 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.

Which is why the metadata should all be in the files - always!

-- 
Chris Green



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