Digikam database

[Stuart T Rogers]

I need to make sure I backup the Digikam database but there is no option
I've found for this in Digikam so I was just going to copy the file.
Then I found I have more than one database file apparently and I have no
idea now if this is correct or they have been left lying around from
when I started with Digikam and was experimenting. Having had a hardware
failure recently I need to make sure in future I do backup the
database(s) OK. I do already backup the photos.

Can someone please clarify the database structure. I am currently using 1.6.

Stuart
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[jag59]

<quote author="Stuart T Rogers">
I need to make sure I backup the Digikam database but there is no option
I've found for this in Digikam so I was just going to copy the file.
Then I found I have more than one database file apparently and I have no
idea now if this is correct or they have been left lying around from
when I started with Digikam and was experimenting. Having had a hardware
failure recently I need to make sure in future I do backup the
database(s) OK. I do already backup the photos.

Can someone please clarify the database structure. I am currently using 1.6.

Stuart
--
Website: http://www.stella-maris.org.uk
or:      http://www.broadstairs.org
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Hi Stuart,
It is very simple.
There are 2 database files of digikam,
1)digikam4.db
2)thumbnails-digikam.db
These 2 are created and placed at the path given by you at
DK>settings>configure digikam>collections>database file path.
Say in 'collections',I have set the path to 'my photos' directory as my local collections,then I give the same path for database i.e. 'my photos' directory.
With 'luckybackup' I backup my 'my photos' directory. The database automatically gets backed-up as it resides in the same directory.
If you have not used 'luckybackup' before,pl. get acquainted with it before doing actual backups........and it is worth enough.
I have a wish....DK should include a option to backup our photos using this 'luckybackup' or any preferred application as a back end. It will have a much professional feel!