[Shotwell] Database location.

[Tim Fletcher]

On 11/08/12 16:14, Iain Mellis wrote:
> I'm looking to shift my database from my home directory on  my Solid state
> boot disc to a server share on a traditional hdd. I've moved it and can
> open it with "shotwell -d" but when I then open it from the unity bar it
> creates an empty db file in my home folder again. How do I get it to open
> the new location automatically? Many thanks.

I tend to use symlinks to change the location both shotwell and f-spot 
.db files.

The symlink setup is very simple thus:

tim at oxygen:~$ ls -l .shotwell -d
lrwxrwxrwx 1 tim tim 17 Dec  2  2010 .shotwell -> /photos/shotwell/

I would say you are better off separating your photos and db, the photos 
are bulk storage and should be ok on spinning store but the .db file is 
better off on high speed SSD storage.

I have all of my photos and the .db spinning store but I have an SSD 
with flashcache caching the filesystem.

-- 
Tim Fletcher <tim at night-shade.org.uk>