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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 136206] Losing tags after an move or rename of imagefiles
From:       Kay Drangmeister <kay () drangmeister ! net>
Date:       2008-06-27 20:28:06
Message-ID: 20080627202806.8638.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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------- Additional Comments From kay drangmeister net  2008-06-27 22:28 -------
Thanks, Arnd.

Please have a look into the digiKam manual (digikam_0.9.3.pdf), page 5 (9) "The \
Albums Missing Dialog", it says:

"If you want to move folders around, and do not want to do this in digiKam, we \
suggest to do that while digiKam is running, so the database will be kept in sync and \
you do not lose any metadata".

This (although about folders, not images) suggests that digiKam IS able to keep the \
FS and the DB in sync. Sorry for my assuming so.

So for being safe, it would be very much suggested that *everything* is being stored \
in the image files, right? Is there any data that cannot be saved this way? I am \
currently "horrified" that some information is stored only in the DB and a simple \
move/rename can cause severe data loss. (I've got a big image base and are searching \
for a safe way to save it, i.e. any metadata must be exportable (xml preferred) in \
case there's another tool available to migrate to in say 20 years :-)

Thanks,
Kay


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