[Shotwell] Change location of .shotwell directory (incl. database)

Valeri Geiser valeri at a-little-bit.de
Fri Jan 28 09:50:30 UTC 2011


Hi Martin,

thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately, I get this error. Looks like 
maybe my version does not have this switch yet?

** ERROR **: main.vala:217: Unbekannte Option -d
aborting...
Aborted

("Unbekannte Option" means "Unknown option")

Best regards,
   Valeri

Am 28.01.2011 10:47, schrieb Martin Weißhaupt:
> Hi,
>
> try starting shotwell with this commandline argument:
> shotwell -d /path/to/filestore
>
> This should give you a new shotwell "profile" in the given location.
> I believe that you have to change the import directory in the settings 
> of shotwell too.
>
> Regards,
> Martin
>
> Am 28.01.11 10:43, schrieb Valeri Geiser:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am looking for a picture management software and like the look and 
>> feel of shotwell a lot. One of my requirements though is to store the 
>> database on a central place (fileserver) since there are multiple PCs 
>> that need access to the same database. I did not find any command 
>> line parameters or settings so far to do that.
>> I am trying Shotwell 0.5.0 on Ubuntu.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>   Valeri
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