Upgrade StorageHow to preserve links to files after export / import of library?
In a workgroup, we have a quite large Zotero database (over 1100 entries), which is maintained by one team member. Most of the entries are linked to PDF files on our file server (about 3GB total).
As we are five people in the team, we would like to export the Zotero database and import it on the other computers preserving the links to the files on the file server. However, always Zotero produces copies of all files, not just linking to them (what we actually want), after export/import.
Also, copying the "Zotero" data folder to the other computers is not a solution as the single team members maintain their own private Zotero collection (of a few hundred entries linking to their files on the file server). They just would like to import the most recent version of the common large Zotero database to their computers.
How can we solve this problem? Is there a possibility to export/import Zotero libaries preserving the links to the files?
Thank you very much!
Aldi
As we are five people in the team, we would like to export the Zotero database and import it on the other computers preserving the links to the files on the file server. However, always Zotero produces copies of all files, not just linking to them (what we actually want), after export/import.
Also, copying the "Zotero" data folder to the other computers is not a solution as the single team members maintain their own private Zotero collection (of a few hundred entries linking to their files on the file server). They just would like to import the most recent version of the common large Zotero database to their computers.
How can we solve this problem? Is there a possibility to export/import Zotero libaries preserving the links to the files?
Thank you very much!
Aldi
I have successfully exported to a folder on the external drive, although it has created an RDF file and a separate folder called "files" but trying to import has failed twice. I have only tried to import the RDF since I cannot see how to import the "files" folder.
When I try I get an error message which is basically 'try again" and the error log reads,
[JavaScript Error: "[Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80520014 (NS_ERROR_FILE_DIR_NOT_EMPTY) [nsIFile.copyTo]" nsresult: "0x80520014 (NS_ERROR_FILE_DIR_NOT_EMPTY)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/attachments.js :: importSnapshotFromFile :: line 137" data: no]" {file: "chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/translate.js" line: 899}]
Any ideas on how to fix?
Thanks
Julia