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Options / Catalog / Button "Maintainance" / "Purge file data"

Post by nji9 »

What does it acutally do?

Does it remove all assigned categories from db?
If yes: what kind of maintainance is that???
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Re: Options / Catalog / Button "Maintainance" / "Purge file data"

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yes it's to empty catalog
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Re: Options / Catalog / Button "Maintainance" / "Purge file data"

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Wow... that's what I call a straight maintainance! ;)
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Re: Options / Catalog / Button "Maintainance" / "Purge file data"

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xnview wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 8:45 am yes it's to empty catalog

That's not what maintenance means in English. It only means continuing an existing state. Computer programs only use the word to mean things like removing internal files they no longer need and which don't affect their function. No program uses "maintenance" to mean deleting data intentionally created by the user. They call it "deleting". You can use "maintenance" to mean fixing a broken toilet. You can't use it to mean removing all the bathroom fixtures and renovating the room into a closet.

main•te•nance (māntə-nəns)
1. The act of maintaining or the state of being maintained: nutrients essential to the maintenance of good health.

main•tain (mān-tān)
tr.v. main•tained, main•tain•ing, main•tains

1. To keep up or carry on; continue: maintain good relations.
2. To keep in an existing state; preserve or retain: maintain one's composure.
3. To keep in a condition of good repair or efficiency: maintain two cars.
4.
a. To provide for; support: maintain a family.
b. To keep in existence; sustain: enough food to maintain life.
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Re: Options / Catalog / Button "Maintainance" / "Purge file data"

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Well maintained!
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Re: Options / Catalog / Button "Maintainance" / "Purge file data"

Post by KLE-France »

nji9 wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 7:55 pm
If yes: what kind of maintainance is that???
turtle wrote: Tue Oct 13, 2026 7:21 am That's not what maintenance means in English.
I assume both of you are trolling?

To anyone who is geniunely curious, here's what the maintenance function looks like:

catalog maintenance.jpg
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