Hi Benjamin, Jochen Keil, i use 2 scripts under Ubuntu 16.04 to keep 2 machines in sync - change my username <hb> to your username in pathnames: backup: -------------------- #!/bin/bash # rsync all files form local disk with digital photos to backup-disk (USB or network) # set base path of the digi base dir directory DIGIDIR=/media/hb/spinning/digi DARKDIR=/home/hb/.config/darktable CACHEDIR=/home/hb/.cache/darktable # set base path of external USB disk BACKUPDIR=/media/hb/hbeasydock
# set options SYNCOPTIONS="-aihP --delete --stats " # rsnc different folders # digi raws rsync $SYNCOPTIONS $DIGIDIR $BACKUPDIR/ # darktable database rsync $SYNCOPTIONS $DARKDIR $BACKUPDIR/darkdb # darktable cache rsync $SYNCOPTIONS $CACHEDIR $BACKUPDIR/darkcache read -p "press return" ------------------- - save as backup.sh and set to permissions to 'allow executing file as executable' ----------- restore: ------------------------------- #!/bin/bash # rsync all files form backup to local disk with digital photos # set base path of the digi base dir directory DIGIDIR=/media/hb/hbdock/digi DARKDIR=/home/hb/.config DARKBAK=/media/hb/hbdock/darkdb/darktable # set base path of local drive disk BACKUPDIR=/media/hb/spinning # set options SYNCOPTIONS="-aihP --delete --stats " # rsnc different folders # digi raws rsync $SYNCOPTIONS $DIGIDIR $BACKUPDIR # darktable database rsync $SYNCOPTIONS $DARKBAK $DARKDIR #darktable-generate-cache read -p "press return" ------------------- - save as restore.sh and set to permissions to 'allow executing file as executable' ----------- Kinbd regards, __horst > Hi Benjamin, > > I just wanted to add another possibility: git annex. > > I use it (successfully) for keeping my RAWs, the XMPs and the db in > sync. Either over network or an external USB hard drive. Once it's set > up, it's a simple matter of `git annex sync --all` and / or the usual > git operations. And you can add additional backup locations easily. > > Cheers! > > On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 12:43 AM Benjamin Daines > <ben@digitalsand.photography> wrote: >> In my workflow I find myself using multiple machines to work on the same >> images. My configuration right now on both machines is to have DT look for >> updated xmp files on start up and that seems to work pretty well. I usually >> just ignore the window that pops up to tell me about newer xmp files, unless >> the ones that I'm about to work on are listed, then I select those and let >> it update the database. >> >> However, there have been some situations where my previous work has been >> wiped out when opening a folder on another machine. Because of this, I now >> habitually copy all my xmp files to a subfolder after working on them in >> order to keep a back up, just in case. Occasionally I need to manually load >> these sidecar files. >> >> Would an option to disable darktable's database and use just the xmp files >> be a feasible option? How about using something like syncthing (Linux >> platform here) to keep the database synced between multiple machines? Would >> doing that cause any foreseeable issues? >> >> How are other people dealing with using multiple machines to work on >> projects, any tips? >> >> Thanks. > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > -- ec-logic GmbH h...@ec-logic.com www.ec-logic.com Theresienstraße 12 90762 Fürth, germany ++49 911 9711910 ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
