On Sun, 2013-03-03 at 21:49 -0800, Derek Kite wrote: > In light table, Select, select all, then Selected Images, remove. This > clears it, without physically deleting the files. I'd backup the files > in another folder first just to be safe.
Thanks for telling me how to deal with the problem. It is a big help, but I would still like to know just where darktable is keeping the information and why it does what it does. > > > On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 9:33 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb > _______________________________________________ > Darktable-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users > > -- Leonard Evens [email protected] Professor Emeritus, Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb _______________________________________________ Darktable-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users
