Currently, the database containing the cached thumbnails is named "xnview.db". For all I know the database contains nothing but cached info - deleting it should do not harm apart from performance decrease because XnView will have to rebuild the thumbnails when revisiting folders.
I propose to rename the database "xnview.db" to something like "cache.db" or "xnview-cache.db". This way users can easily see what the file contains and delete it if needed.
@Pierre:
Does the database "xnview.db" contain anything apart from cached thumbnails?
Naming of caching database
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Re: Naming of caching database
Yes rating & color labelhelmut wrote:@Pierre:
Does the database "xnview.db" contain anything apart from cached thumbnails?
Pierre.
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Re: Naming of caching database
And hopefully the categories as well?xnview wrote:Yes rating & color labelhelmut wrote:@Pierre:
Does the database "xnview.db" contain anything apart from cached thumbnails?
As new user I would hesitate to delete this file and use the internal options instead (browser/thumbnail/cache). These were one reason I began to use XnView. Easy to understand and everything where it should be...
Re: Naming of caching database
O.k. Is there a reason why ragins and colour labels info is stored in a xnview.db wheras category information isn't?xnview wrote:Yes rating & color labelhelmut wrote:@Pierre:
Does the database "xnview.db" contain anything apart from cached thumbnails?
Re: Naming of caching database
rating & label are stored with file info in xnview.db, category tree is not yet stored in it. In the future, i'll put categories in the same db...helmut wrote:O.k. Is there a reason why ragins and colour labels info is stored in a xnview.db wheras category information isn't?xnview wrote:Yes rating & color labelhelmut wrote:@Pierre:
Does the database "xnview.db" contain anything apart from cached thumbnails?
Pierre.