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0.84: How to wipe your entire catalog
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 5:33 pm
by m.Th.
Disclaimer: Do NOT try this on your production catalog - or make sure to have a WORKING backup ready!
Steps:
0. Have some folders cataloged. Have some images with Ratings, Color Labels and Categories
1. Go to Tools | Settings | Catalog
2. Click on Optimize...
3. Select the following options
- Optimize-options.JPG (23.05 KiB) Viewed 422 times
4. Press Ok. The „optimization” process begins...
Expected: Have only the files which are reachable (directories which are still on disk/LAN etc.)
Actual: The catalog is deleted entirely (!!)
Re: 0,84: How to wipe your entire catalog
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 7:05 pm
by helmut
I've just tried with 0.84 and I cannot confirm: Existing files are still assigned to categories.
Re: 0,84: How to wipe your entire catalog
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 6:01 am
by m.Th.
helmut wrote:I've just tried with 0.84 and I cannot confirm: Existing files are still assigned to categories.
Perhaps because the files are re-read from embedded metadata?
Re-test and look at Tools | Settings | Catalog - do you see in the Cached Directory list many directories?
Re: 0.84: How to wipe your entire catalog
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 6:11 am
by m.Th.
Ok, found the problem - I will contact Pierre privately.
Re: 0.84: How to wipe your entire catalog
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 7:38 am
by helmut
m.Th. wrote:Ok, found the problem - I will contact Pierre privately.
O.k..
@Pierre: Please post here once you could reproduce m.Th.'s problem.
Re: 0.84: How to wipe your entire catalog
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 8:22 am
by xnview
helmut wrote:m.Th. wrote:Ok, found the problem - I will contact Pierre privately.
O.k..
@Pierre: Please post here once you could reproduce m.Th.'s problem.
it was a new bug in the 0.85 beta
Re: 0.84: How to wipe your entire catalog
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 8:45 am
by helmut
xnview wrote:helmut wrote:m.Th. wrote:Ok, found the problem - I will contact Pierre privately.
O.k..
@Pierre: Please post here once you could reproduce m.Th.'s problem.
it was a new bug in the 0.85 beta
O.k.. Please make sure that there's a phase of beta testing for all forum users.
Re: 0.84: How to wipe your entire catalog
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 7:31 am
by m.Th.
xnview wrote:
it was a new bug in the 0.85 beta
Fixed now.
