I think I see the problem, Grant.
Shotwell is being conservative here. It will copy the photos to
Pictures, but since it has the imported photo in its database
(admittedly in a different directory) it aborts the import.
We have had some requests for a feature that you're looking for,
notably http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/5773
What I would do is this:
1. In Shotwell, Edit -> Preferences
2. Enable "Watch library directory for new files"
Note that this will add all pictures and videos in Pictures to
Shotwell. I don't know if you want this or not.
3. Quit Shotwell
4. Move the photos from photodump into Pictures manually (using Files
or Nautilus)
5. Start Shotwell
Shotwell will do a scan of your library directory (Pictures) as well as
of all photos not in Pictures. When it detects the moved photos, it
will update its database. Give this process a few minutes, it might
take Shotwell a while to find all your photos depending on the size of
your library.
Does that help?
-- Jim
On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Grant <[email protected]> wrote:
There's a shotwell option to rename to lowercase on import maybe
it got
renamed to lowercase?
-Joe
I tried this but still only one copy of the photo on my system:
# updatedb && locate 144420
/home/grant/photodump/IMG_20130303_144420.jpg
Are you able to see the photo in Shotwell? If so what do you see if
you right click and Show in File Manager?
Colin
I do see the photo in Shotwell. When I Show in File Manager, it
appears in /home/grant/photodump/ which is the folder I import from.
How can I ensure that all of the photos in /home/grant/photodump/ are
copied to /home/grant/Pictures/? I thought I always chose the copy
option as opposed to importing in place. How can I be sure it's OK to
delete the contents of the photodump folder?
- Grant
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