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Bug 476275 - no indication in browser if file no longer exists
no indication in browser if file no longer exists
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 167752
Product: f-spot
Classification: Other
Component: General
0.3.x
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: F-spot maintainers
F-spot maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-09-12 17:09 UTC by neil cumpstey
Modified: 2007-11-23 08:16 UTC
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Description neil cumpstey 2007-09-12 17:09:14 UTC
F-Spot does not provide a simple way to remove from the catalogue those files which don't exist. This is /very/ annoying on those rare occasions that I reorganise the filing system of my photos, as the only two ways I have found to remove non-existant files are: to go through the catalogue manually checking whether each file exists, and deleting it if not; and deleting all files, then reimporting. Each method is extremely time consuming.

It would be nice if a function could be incorporated where F-Spot scans through the catalogue and automatically removes photos which no longer exist. Similar functions are built into many music jukeboxes - JRiver Jukebox does essentially that; I think Rhythmbox scans all media on load, which is rather time consuming but removes the problem entirely; Banshee doesn't remove missing media from the library, but does at least label them missing, making it far easier to manually remove them.
Comment 1 peter gervai 2007-11-23 08:09:01 UTC
Duplicate of Bug #167752
And yes, it is still valid.
Comment 2 Maxxer 2007-11-23 08:16:39 UTC
thanks peter

a new extension coming soon from Bengt will provide a way to find and remove orphaned photos, among other cool functions.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 167752 ***