During some bulk tidying-up I found myself wanting to delete 2000+
images from Shotwell. I mean, really delete them. Just delete them.
Having selected them all and hit Shift-Del + Move to Wastebasket, I
found the process failing when it hit a file that was too long to
delete. e.g.
L 31611 2012-01-02 22:46:16 [MSG] MediaDataRepresentation.vala:105:
Unable to move original photo /images/2011/08/15/White-letter Hairstreak
Survey -- Hardwick Dene -- Pieris rapae (Pieridae) (Small White or Small
Cabbage White) -- tentative_ident -- (United Kingdom - England -
Bishopsgarth and Elm Tree Ward - Stockton-on-Tees) -- Mon 15 Aug 2011
11-21-15 BST.jpg to trash: Unable to create wastebasket info file: File
name too long
Two points.
1. When I get the error (I think it's something like "Unable to move to
Wastebasket, delete anyway?" - I select YES, and the entire process
stops. It's only by looking at the logfile I realise that the problem is
caused by the filename being too long. I think shotwell could handle
this a bit more gracefully - there's no reason to abort the batch delete
just because there's a problem with one file.
2. Couldn't shotwell just delete it? Must it go to a wastebasket, which
I'm then going to locate and empty anyway? I grow weary of programs
trying to hold my hand and protect me from myself. I expect it in
Microsoft but one of my reasons for preferring Linux is the lack of
seatbelts. The ability to do things quickly and efficiently. Perhaps it
could be done as an option?
Dougie
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