commandline-options

[cool.chris65]

Hi,

is it possible to start digikam by command-line with an option to use a
special database? I plan to work with two different databases, one for
developing the picture from the cam, and one as the final base with all
picture for seaching etc. (this second one shold be stored on an usb-disk,
which is only pluged in/powered on during it's usage)

Thanx, Chris
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[Arnd Baecker]

Hi,

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Christoph Knauer wrote:

> Hi,
>
> is it possible to start digikam by command-line with an option to use a
> special database? I plan to work with two different databases, one for
> developing the picture from the cam, and one as the final base with all
> picture for seaching etc. (this second one shold be stored on an usb-disk,
> which is only pluged in/powered on during it's usage)

I'd love to have that too!

Note that as a workaround you could change between two versions
of ~/.kde/share/config/digikamrc
which contains under [Album Settings]:
Album Path=$HOME/Pictures

So maybe a concept of profiles, corresponding to different
digikamrc files, would be more flexible?

Best, Arnd
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[Duncan Hill-5]

On Monday 31 July 2006 08:13, Christoph Knauer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is it possible to start digikam by command-line with an option to use a
> special database? I plan to work with two different databases, one for
> developing the picture from the cam, and one as the final base with all

I don't think so.  However, if you were to copy ~/.kde/share/config/digikamrc
to ~/.kde/share/config/digikamrc-download and -usb, you could edit the -usb
version to change the database area to point to the images directory on the
USB stick.

With that done, a quick shell script, something like:

#!/bin/bash

DOWNLOAD="~/.kde/share/config/digikamrc-download"
USB="~/.kde/share/config/digikamrc-usb"
MASTER="~/.kde/share/config/digikamrc"

if [ $1 eq "camera" ]; then
        cp -f $DOWNLOAD $MASTER
        digikam
elsif [ $1 eq "usb" ]; then
        cp -f $USB $MASTER
        digikam
else
        echo "Please choose   $0 camera  or  $0 usb "
fi

(Warning, untested, may eat your firstborn and cause a solar eclipse.)
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[Arnd Baecker]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Duncan Hill wrote:

> On Monday 31 July 2006 08:13, Christoph Knauer wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > is it possible to start digikam by command-line with an option to use a
> > special database? I plan to work with two different databases, one for
> > developing the picture from the cam, and one as the final base with all
>
> I don't think so.  However, if you were to copy ~/.kde/share/config/digikamrc
> to ~/.kde/share/config/digikamrc-download and -usb, you could edit the -usb
> version to change the database area to point to the images directory on the
> USB stick.
>
> With that done, a quick shell script, something like:
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> DOWNLOAD="~/.kde/share/config/digikamrc-download"
> USB="~/.kde/share/config/digikamrc-usb"
> MASTER="~/.kde/share/config/digikamrc"
>
> if [ $1 eq "camera" ]; then
> cp -f $DOWNLOAD $MASTER
> digikam
> elsif [ $1 eq "usb" ]; then

-> "elseif"

> cp -f $USB $MASTER
> digikam
> else
> echo "Please choose   $0 camera  or  $0 usb "
> fi
>
> (Warning, untested, may eat your firstborn and cause a solar eclipse.)


Very nice!
Maybe one would like to do a
cp -f $MASTER $DOWNLOAD

cp -f $MASTER $USB

after the calls to digikam to preserve
changes in the rc file.

Thanks,

Arnd

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