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22 <P ALIGN=CENTER>Cache and Data Management - Reference</P>
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32 <H1>11.4 Cache and Data Maintenance</H1>
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33 <P>Thumbnails and other cached data can be maintained from the dialog
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34 accessible by selecting Thumbnail maintenance from the Edit menu of
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35 the main window.</P>
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36 <P><BR><BR>
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37 </P>
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38 <P><U>GQview thumbnail cache</U></P>
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39 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The utilities listed here operate on
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40 the GQview caching mechanism. This also includes the data cached for
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41 the <A HREF="5_1_search.html">search</A> and <A HREF="5_2_finding_duplicates.html">find
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42 duplicates</A> utilities.</P>
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43 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Clean up</B>: Removes thumbnails
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44 and data for which the source image is no longer present, or has been
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45 modified since the thumbnail was generated.</P>
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46 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Clear cache:</B> Removes all
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47 thumbnails and data stored in the user's home folder:
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48 $HOME/.gqview/thumbnails.</P>
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49 <P><BR><BR>
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50 </P>
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51 <P><U>Shared thumbnail cache</U></P>
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52 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The utilities listed here operate on
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53 the shared thumbnail mechanism.</P>
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54 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Clean up:</B> Removes thumbnails
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55 for which the source image is no longer present, or has been modified
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56 since the thumbnail was generated.</P>
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57 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Clear cache:</B> Removes all
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58 thumbnails stored in the user's home folder: $HOME/.thumbnails.</P>
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59 <P><BR><BR>
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60 </P>
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61 <P><U>Create thumbnails</U></P>
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62 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">This utility will render thumbnails
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63 using the current thumbnail caching mechanism, as determined in
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64 <A HREF="10_1_general.html">preferences</A>.</P>
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65 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Render:</B> Pre-render thumbnails
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66 for a specific folder, the utility has the following options:</P>
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67 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Include subfolders:</B> Enable to
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68 include all images contained in the subfolders of folder.</P>
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69 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Store thumbnails local to source
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70 images:</B> The generated thumbnails will be stored local to the
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71 source images, if you have the permissions to write to the folder
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72 containing the images.</P>
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73 <P><BR><BR>
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74 </P>
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75 <P><U>Metadata</U></P>
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76 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">This utility operates on the data
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77 store for <A HREF="7_3_keywords.html">keywords and comments</A>
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78 located in the user's home folder: $HOME/.gqview/metadata.</P>
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79 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Clean up:</B> Removes keywords and
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80 comments for which the source image is no longer present.</P>
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81 <P><BR><BR>
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82 </P>
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83 <P><U>File locations</U></P>
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84 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The various file locations and their
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85 use are listed below. <I><HOME></I> refers to your home folder
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86 and <I><SOURCE></I> refers to the folder containing the image.</P>
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93 <P>Folder or File name</P>
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94 </TH>
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95 <TH WIDTH=50%>
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96 <P>Description</P>
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99 <TR>
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100 <TD COLSPAN=2 WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
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101 <P><B>Thumbnails</B></P>
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103 </TR>
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104 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
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106 <P><I><HOME></I>/.thumbnails</P>
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107 </TD>
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109 <P>Shared thumbnail cache folder.</P>
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111 </TR>
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114 <P><I><HOME></I>/.gqview/thumbnails</P>
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115 </TD>
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116 <TD WIDTH=50%>
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117 <P>Classic GQview thumbnail cache folder. Also used to cache data
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118 used for the search and find duplicates utilities to increase the
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119 speed for subsequent searches.</P>
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124 <P><I><SOURCE>/.</I><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal">thumbnails</SPAN></P>
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127 <P>Local thumbnail cache folder.</P>
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132 <P><B>Metadata</B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"> (keywords
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133 and comments)</SPAN></P>
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138 <P><I><HOME></I>/.gqview/metadata</P>
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139 </TD>
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141 <P>Metadata stored in user's home folder.</P>
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146 <P><I><SOURCE></I>/.metadata</P>
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147 </TD>
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149 <P>Metadata stored local to source image. Requires option to be
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150 enabled in advanced preferences.</P>
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155 <P><B>Collections</B></P>
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160 <P><I><HOME></I>/.gqview/collections</P>
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161 </TD>
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163 <P>Default location for GQview collections, collections in this
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164 folder will appear in the <A HREF="7_2_sort_manager.html">sort
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165 manager</A> sidebar.</P>
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170 <P><B>Preferences</B></P>
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175 <P><I><HOME></I>/.gqview</P>
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176 </TD>
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177 <TD WIDTH=50%>
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178 <P>GQview preferences folder.</P>
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183 <P><I><HOME></I>/.gqview/gqviewrc</P>
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184 </TD>
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186 <P>GQview preferences rc file.</P>
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189 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
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191 <P><I><HOME></I>/.gqview/history</P>
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192 </TD>
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194 <P>Historic data such as last several folders visited, bookmarks,
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195 and recently used collections. Also contains default print
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196 settings.</P>
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199 <TR VALIGN=TOP>
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201 <P><I><HOME></I>/.gqview/accels</P>
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202 </TD>
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204 <P>Keyboard shortcut mapping.</P>
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209 <P><B>Safe Delete</B></P>
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221 <P>Default location of the safe delete folder.</P>
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