Removing external library but not media
Hi everyone,
sorry for the newbie question, but im trying to import files from a temporary directory in immich, and delete said directory afterwards. But removing the external library removes the media from immich, and keeps the original directory intact. Is there any way to achieve my goal? Thank you
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If this ticket can be closed you can use the /close command, and re-open it later if needed.I don't think external libraries is the correct feature for this...
I went that way purely because the files were already on the server, and they kept the right subfolder hierarchy.
Then, would adding them through the web GUI be the better option? Since they are all stored in subfolders, is there any way to import all recursively?
Why do you need to delete those folders after - It would be easier to keep the external library and mark it as read/write so it can be edited by immich?
i wanted it to be managed fully by immich
in its internal folder structure, ideally
Hmmm... Im not an expert in this - I don't have a solution at the moment... maybe someone else has a better way
for "managed fully by immich" you'd want the files uploaded to immich so they are stored in immich's internal library. If you want them stored in a specific way inside the internal library you'll want to enable the storage template
i think the way it stores them when i scan the external folder is okay
i just want that, but by using its internal library, without adding each picture singularly
well it doesn't store them at all when you use an external library
store as in "store on the filesystem", not what you see in immich (the timeline)
so what you want is to upload those photos you have, so immich stores the photos in its internal library (which is located at the UPLOAD_LOCATION you defined in your .env file). then you can delete your temporary directory
right, but to do so, would i have to select each picture by hand?
what if they are stored across folders?
in that regard, the external library does read it recursively, but uploading it does not afaik?
what do you mean "across libraries"? like different sub folders inside your temporary directory? or do you mean that you want certain things uploaded to different users?
yeah different subfolders, my apologies
for uploading there are multiple options. you can just drag and drop into the website, or you can use something like immich-go or immich-cli to handle more cleanly. I would generally advise against just dragging and dropping into web
idk about drag and drop, but both immich-go and immich-cli handle sub folders just fine
oh they do
what was throwing me off is how clicking on the "+" icon you're not able to upload a folder, but you can through drag and drop
that was silly, thank you
np