[digiKam-users] Rename more pictures

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi,

typo : digikamr -> digikamrc : it's an INI based text file to store all
settings of your digiKam session.

Typically, i cannot understand how you can arrive to found these 3 database
files from digiKam advanced rename tool :

file:///C:/Users/..../digikam4.db
file:///C:/Users/..../recognition.db
file:///C:/Users/..../similarity.db

This sounds like a bad manipulation in application GUI.

It's difficult to see if others settings are wrong in your INI file...

Best

Gilles Caulier



Le mer. 26 janv. 2022 à 09:12, Anna Chiara Malfatti <
annachiara.malfatti at gruppoindia.it> a écrit :

> Hello everyone,
> back to my problem because thanks to one of the last posts I found the
> digikamr file. I opened it with a text editor and in the [AdvancedRename
> Dialog] section I found a long string containing the pattern for the rename
> followed by a file path:
> [AdvancedRename Dialog]
> Dialog Size=717,450
> Last Used Rename
> Pattern=TN_Ranipet_##\nfile:///C:/Users/..../digikam4.db\nfile:///C:/Users/..../recognition.db\nfile:///C:/Users/..../similarity.db\n
>
> Similar strings also in the [AdvancedRename Input] section.
> I made a copy of digikamr (just in case) and deleted the file paths,
> leaving only the pattern (in both sections). From a first test, it seems
> that my problem is solved, but I would like to know if I may have caused
> other problems before continuing to use the application. (In digikamr there
> is still no string with the file path).
> Sorry but I'm really bad at this stuff, I'm a simple user!
> Thanks for the help
>   Anna Chiara
>
>
> Il giorno mar 28 dic 2021 alle ore 18:22 Anna Chiara Malfatti <
> annachiara.malfatti at gruppoindia.it> ha scritto:
>
>> Thank you Maik for your interest.
>> I am now on holiday and can't give you much more information (I am now
>> writing from another PC).
>> I try to change only the name of the *.jpg files, not the path name. I
>> can do it if I rename a single file, I can't do it if I rename 2 or more
>> files together.
>> Does the number of files to be renamed affect the use of "digikamrc"?
>> If so, how can I check that "digikamrc" has the right path and can I
>> change it? (If I need do it)
>> I wish you a happy new year
>>    Anna Chiara
>>
>> Il giorno ven 24 dic 2021 alle ore 17:53 Maik Qualmann <
>> metzpinguin at gmail.com> ha scritto:
>>
>>> At the moment I am not sure exactly where the problem in the renaming
>>> tool
>>> comes from and why a full path appears there. The "__" characters are
>>> formed
>>> because digiKam converts forbidden characters such as ": \". What does
>>> user
>>> change mean? digiKam uses absolute paths in its configuration file
>>> "digikamrc". We have a bug report to change this. So if you have
>>> switched from
>>> C:\Users\Joe to C:\Users\Joe2, you can no longer use the existing
>>> digkamrc.
>>>
>>> Maik
>>>
>>> Am Donnerstag, 23. Dezember 2021, 14:25:20 CET schrieb Anna Chiara
>>> Malfatti:
>>> >  I apologize if this is not the right address for my question...
>>> > (unfortunately I don't know English well)
>>> > I am using digiKam to keep my photo archive in order (very simple use:
>>> I
>>> > rename the photos and add a tag).
>>> > After a technical intervention on my PC (user change), I can no longer
>>> > rename multiple pictures.
>>> > If I select a single picture there is no problem: in the window I see
>>> the
>>> > current name and the new name and everything works.
>>> > If I select two or more images (and set a new name like "name_##") in
>>> the
>>> > window I see the new name followed by a string like
>>> "file____C_Users...."
>>> > (it follows the path to the folder where the digiKam db is located);
>>> > however, if I click OK I get an error message.
>>> > How can I solve this?
>>> > Thank you very much!
>>> >   Anna Chiara
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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