Hi Math Many thanks for your help. Unfortunately the directory I have set up on the new drive is different (because the user names are different). So I cannot get the tags and the photos to synchronise. Is there a way round this?
Thanks in advance. Regards James On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 13:15 -0400, Mathieu Avoine wrote: > Hi James, > > Don't know if someone answered your question before me but here it > is. > > Your tags and all the info on your pictures library (i.e. the catalog) > are stored on a file in your home directory (the exact path I think is > ~/.gnome2/f-spot/photos.db). All you have to do to import your catalog > to your new installation is to copy this file to the same exact > directory on the new drive. After that, you need to have the files > installed in the exact same path, in other words, if you checked the > "Copy pictures to the photos directory" when you imported your > pictures the first time, you have to copy the ~/Photos directory to > the new account. Otherwise, you need to copy the files to the new > drive to the exact same paths (ex. /somedir/photos on the old drive > -> /somedir/photos on the new drive). > > After doing that, when you'll open F-Spot it should work. > > Hope it helps! > > Math > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 12:04 PM, J Dickin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hi. Hope someone can help me. > > I saw the light and changed from Windows to Linux last year, > using Suse 10.1; with F-Spot for my photos. I have recently > installed Suse 10.3 on a separate hard drive and am in the > process of transferring all my files from the 10.1 to the 10.3 > drive. With a bit of research (and some trial and error!) I > have successfully transferred my accounts, movies, family tree > and all my email files, BUT I cannot get my photos with their > tags to transfer. There are over 2000 photos and to re-tag > them all would be hours of work. I can transfer the photos OR > the tags but cannot get both together. Am I missing something > simple? > > Any guidance would be appreciated. > > Thanks in advance. > > James Dickin > > > _______________________________________________ > F-spot-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/f-spot-list > > >
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