[Shotwell] Feature-Wish: Photo-Library-Location via CLI args

[Adam Dingle]

Oliver,

yes - I agree that the database should remember the library location:

http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/2146

We also have a feature request for importing images from the command line:

http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/2865

Hopefully the combination of these two features would give you what you need. Â Comments are welcome on those tickets, of course. Â Cheers -

adam

On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 11:53 AM, oliver wrote:
Hello, 

is the Library Location could be set via command line args, 
this would be very helpful for handling different locations 
of pictures. 

Using -d is only setting the path to the database, but not to the 
file location. 
When importing files not only from but also to different 
file locations, a cli switch to support that would be convenient. 

Otherwise this must be done by hand. 


I hope the location of files is also memorized in the 
database, so that it automaticall ylooks upo the right location, 
if an already existing database is just used. 

But when using many seperated libraries, the above mentioned 
switch ould help. 

Importing is done easier then. 
It not only is easier but also less error prone. 

Maybe also activating import could be allowed via command line switches, 
this could make it even more convenient. 

Something like 
$ shotwell -d /var/mypics/shotwell_1/ -l /var/mypics/shotwell_1/ -import $HOME/pictures_1 
$ shotwell -d /var/mypics/shotwell_2/ -l /var/mypics/shotwell_2/ -import $HOME/pictures_2 

or 

$ shotwell -d /var/mypics/shotwell_from_fspot/ -l /var/mypics/shotwell_from_fspot/ -import $HOME/f-spot/ -fspot 

Would be nice. 

Ciao, 
Oliver 

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