> On Feb 14, 2022, at 12:54 PM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Larry, > > Could it be that LR does not handle properly the expansion of "~" as the home > directory? (E.g. you need to surround it with quotation marks, or something > like that?)
Nope, because I just used ~ in my description because it was easier than writing out /Users/lrc > > Sorry, it was rather difficult to understand the step you were doing while > moving the directories - from your initial posting and from the support > ticket you filed with Adobe, but I think I've finally understood it from your > latest response to Godfrey. > I agree it is a weird behavior of LR. I think that they made a mistake converting relative file paths to absolute. > > I also had a big problem with LR and file systems: LR (on Windows) refused to > have its database (catalog) on the Windows network share. At least, that was > the case with LR 3.x. That prevented me from being able to work with the same > LR database conveniently from two computers (laptop that went with me > everywhere and a more powerful desktop that also had PS installed on it), > with the files sitting on the local file-server. > The only viable solution for that required using an external HDD. > > I don't know if LR on Mac allowed the catalog on an NFS-mounted partition. They say it has to be local. > > I actually wonder if the limitations I described might be the reason for how > LR on Mac works with the softlinks to the directory. > > Good luck! Thanks. I’ve got a workaround, just pointing to the actual location of photos_fresh rather than off of my home directory. The difficulty is that when I import a catalog from my laptop the files are in ~/photos_fresh so that’s where it looks on the desktop, which should be convenient because that’s where they are located. I’ll have to rename the directory on the laptop to something else like ~/photos_ret4est so lightroom doesn’t just find them in ~/photos_fresh and choke on it’s own load when it tries to move it. > > Igor > > > > Larry Colen Mon, Feb 14, 2022 5:48 PM wrote: > > I just did a test. My home directory /Users/lrc is symbolically linked to > /Volume/ssd_raid/Users/lrc. > If instead of pointing lightroom at ~/photos_fresh I point it to > /Volume/ssd_raid/Users/lrc/photos_fresh > I can move files from there to my archive drive without problems. > > Lightroom breaks on symbolic links. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Larry Colen [email protected] -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
