[digiKam-users] How to easily maintain multiple databases on one machine?

[sorker at t-online.de]

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> Datum: 2019-06-03T08:11:20+0200
> The use of different configuration files and databases also works without 
> problems in Windows. You can then create different desktop shortcuts and start 
> the digiKam with another config file. I'll describe in more detail tonight how 
> it's done.
> 
> Maik

> >Am Sonntag, 2. Juni 2019, 21:08:25 CEST schrieb sorker at t-online.de:
> > Hey, I'm a graphics designer in the personal and professional field. I am
> > currently maintaining multiple data sets, image libraries, with dozens if
> > not hundreds of gigabytes of data. I recently started using digiKam to
> > maintain one of my texture libraries, and have really grown to like it
> > thanks to tagging and duplicate filtering. However this is only one set,
> > which i use for my work, and thus need to keep separate from my personal
> > libraries. Especially since it employs a different, non compatible, tagging
> > style.
> >  
> > Now the solution for doing this with digiKam appears to be to create
> > another database by changing the path in the options. However this is very
> > inconvenient when needing to rapidly switch between several libraries a
> > day/hour. It also does not cover the differences in tag configurations that
> > i need. (Being able to tag via hotkey is great, but not feasible when
> > switching databases.)
> >  
> > What is the solution for this? My initial thought was to pass a startup
> > param with the path to an alternative config, which seems to (have been)/
> > be possible on Linux. But I've found no clear documentation on how to do
> > it. I've also found no way of doing this on Windows, which is important to
> > me since my workstation is required to run it.
> > 
> > Any ideas? Did i miss something?
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