Unwanted file copies when using "From Local Server"

buck2825

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Posted: Mon, 2009-08-03 18:07

help I'm new. running gallery 2.3 everything works great. that being said, I don't want mine to work like the default install. My apache server is my local file share. all of my personal photos are on this server in there own directories. What I would like to do would be make every sub-directory its own album but I do not want two copies of every image on my server. so how do i add images to gallery without coping the image.

thanks in advance

nivekiam

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Posted: Mon, 2009-08-03 18:17

Are you using Linux? If so, use the Symlink option. If not, you are out of luck.
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buck2825

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Posted: Mon, 2009-08-03 19:39

using ubuntu 8.04, tried the symlink and it still copies the files. i tried deleting the copied files and this breaks the full size image.

nivekiam

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Posted: Mon, 2009-08-03 19:49

Then something's not working correctly. Can you do an ls -al in on of your directories that contain photos under g2data/albums/. Copy and paste that output into this thread.

Also, try putting Gallery into Debug Mode and then try importing using the symlink option.
FAQ: How to set/use Gallery in debug mode?

Copy the output (NOT from the Smarty Debug window) into a plain text file, zip it and attach.
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buck2825

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Posted: Mon, 2009-08-03 20:03

lrwxrwxrwx 1 www-data www-data 53 2009-08-03 14:51 albuquerque2.jpg -> /mnt/storage/media/pics/20050800/pan/albuquerque2.jpg

ok let me guess this is a link to the file at /mnt/storage/media/pics/20050800/pan/albuquerque2.jpg

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buck2825

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Posted: Mon, 2009-08-03 20:06

Symbolic link
Main article: Symbolic link

A symbolic link is a reference to another file. This special file is stored as a textual representation of the referenced file's path.

A symbolic link is marked with an l (lower case L) as the first letter of the permissions string.
e.g

lrwxrwxrwx termcap -> /usr/share/misc/termcap

ok i think i understaind now thank you for all of your help.

nivekiam

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Posted: Mon, 2009-08-03 20:28

As you've come to realize it's working and it's creating a link. So a 10MB is actually only in the file system once, but can have many links to that.
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buck2825 Joined: 2009-07-28 Posts: 5	Posted: Mon, 2009-08-03 18:07
	help I'm new. running gallery 2.3 everything works great. that being said, I don't want mine to work like the default install. My apache server is my local file share. all of my personal photos are on this server in there own directories. What I would like to do would be make every sub-directory its own album but I do not want two copies of every image on my server. so how do i add images to gallery without coping the image. thanks in advance
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nivekiam Joined: 2002-12-10 Posts: 16503	Posted: Mon, 2009-08-03 18:17
	Are you using Linux? If so, use the Symlink option. If not, you are out of luck. ____________________________________________ Like Gallery? Like the support? Donate now!!! See G2 live here

buck2825 Joined: 2009-07-28 Posts: 5	Posted: Mon, 2009-08-03 19:39
	using ubuntu 8.04, tried the symlink and it still copies the files. i tried deleting the copied files and this breaks the full size image.

nivekiam Joined: 2002-12-10 Posts: 16503	Posted: Mon, 2009-08-03 19:49
	Then something's not working correctly. Can you do an ls -al in on of your directories that contain photos under g2data/albums/. Copy and paste that output into this thread. Also, try putting Gallery into Debug Mode and then try importing using the symlink option. FAQ: How to set/use Gallery in debug mode? Copy the output (NOT from the Smarty Debug window) into a plain text file, zip it and attach. ____________________________________________ Like Gallery? Like the support? Donate now!!! See G2 live here

buck2825 Joined: 2009-07-28 Posts: 5	Posted: Mon, 2009-08-03 20:03
	lrwxrwxrwx 1 www-data www-data 53 2009-08-03 14:51 albuquerque2.jpg -> /mnt/storage/media/pics/20050800/pan/albuquerque2.jpg ok let me guess this is a link to the file at /mnt/storage/media/pics/20050800/pan/albuquerque2.jpg P.S. nice dogs

buck2825 Joined: 2009-07-28 Posts: 5	Posted: Mon, 2009-08-03 20:06
	Symbolic link Main article: Symbolic link A symbolic link is a reference to another file. This special file is stored as a textual representation of the referenced file's path. A symbolic link is marked with an l (lower case L) as the first letter of the permissions string. e.g lrwxrwxrwx termcap -> /usr/share/misc/termcap ok i think i understaind now thank you for all of your help.

nivekiam Joined: 2002-12-10 Posts: 16503	Posted: Mon, 2009-08-03 20:28
	As you've come to realize it's working and it's creating a link. So a 10MB is actually only in the file system once, but can have many links to that. ____________________________________________ Like Gallery? Like the support? Donate now!!! See G2 live here

Unwanted file copies when using "From Local Server"

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