Hi,
I encountered the following Problem:
Deleting Shortcuts deletes Image-Files stored on a
Synology Disk Station
DSM 5.2-5592 Update 4
The NTFS filesytem at the Disk Station holding the images is connected to the WIN 7 Worksatation as a Network Drive (German: Netzlaufwerk).
The Thumbs+ database is located on the same drive at the Disk Station as the images.
Workstation:
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MS Win 7 64bit
Ver 6.1 SP 1
Build 7601
Thumbs Plus Pro Ver 9 SP 2
Build 3958 - Feb 2015
Description:
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Copying images by drag+drop between two Thumbs+ instances (two desktop windows), I did choose "Create shortcut(s)" instead of "Copy". That works ok.
But: Trying to delete the shortcut, I did delete the image file instead. The shortcut did remain, looking orphaned.
I did find no way to delete a shortcut using the Thumbs+ GUI.
On the LINUX command line at the Synology Disk Station, the shortcut has been represented as a normal file, not as a UNIX softlink. I could delete this easily by
$ rm FILENAME
After that, the shortcut diappeared from the Thumbs+ desktop window.
Unfortunately, I had created a lof of shortcuts for a project.
After finishing the project, I will like to cleanup and delete them.
Also a "sleeping connect" between a sortcut and the image file seems to be dangerous to me.
Questions:
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1) How to delete shortcuts by Thumbs+ GUI functions?
2) What remains in the Thumbs+ database when I delete the shortcut-files on filesystem level?
3) Is it necessary to clean the database after deleting shortcut-files on filesystem level?
4) Do I run in danger to loose image files connectd with "dead" database entrys?
THX
Roland Benz
rbenz@rolandbenz.de