Hi,
a while ago I talked about using symbolic links.
But I was not accurate enough in picking the terms.
I later explained it: "symbolic links" was not meant
as symbolic links on the filesystem level, which is
what symbolic links are.
I meant: symbolically linking the data into the database,
but not file-by-file; I meant whole directory tries ("repositories"),
while making the database hold inside the according directory-tree.
So, if you want to implement "symbolic links instead of copying"
on the filesystem level, I'm not sure if this really makes sense.
The reason is: the link only works, if the pictures are available.
If not, it's a broken link.
In that case, it would be better to follow the way I mentioned:
if a whole pictrure-directory is not there (e..g. movable media),
then only once it's checked if the whole directory is there,
instead of checking each broken link individually.
Ciao,
Oliver
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