sounds like you messed up your directory quite a bit. i don't think
it's a good idea to export files to the same directory but whatever
suits your workflow.

if you don't want a searchable library or for whatever reason can't
maintain a persistent file structure on your disk start dt with
`darktable --library :memory:' and it'll always forget everything.

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Leonard Evens <[email protected]> 
wrote:
> I was going through the NEF files in a certain folder and processing
> them all. The folder contained NEF files and also JPEGs for the same
> images.  I exported the processed files to the same folder as tiff
> files.  But darktable died when I was exporting the last image.    Now I
> can't get anything usable from that directory.
>
> First of all, when I bring darktable up again it is in an old foder I
> finished with long ago.   Moreover,  the folder shows .xmp files for all
> the tiff files and jpegs as well as for the NEFs.  Moreover, it won't
> let me do anything.  I've tried doing various things, including removing
> all those extra files and moving the tiffs I want to keep to a
> subdirectory.
>
> But the only thing that works is creating a new directory and mvoing
> only the NEFs and the NEF.xmp into it.  Then I can work with the images
> again.
>
> So, would someone please explain to me where darktable is keeping
> information about the directory.  Why does it keep thinking files are
> there even if they have been removied.  And where can I find a reliable
> description of how to deal with folders so I can predict what will be in
> them,  and how can I prevent darktable from relaying on very odl file
> histories?
>
> Finally, can anyone explain just what is gained by having such a messed
> up fille nadling structure?
> --
> Leonard Evens [email protected]
> Professor Emeritus, Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University
>
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