[Qgis-user] Transferring files to another computer

[Alex Mandel]

Kurt Springs wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> New question.  I have two computers, a MacPro desktop and a MacBook Pro
> Laptop.  I have created four qgis files with maps created in GRASS on my
> desktop.  I want to copy the .qgs files to my lap top so that when I
> travel to University at Buffalo to talk with my advisor, I can show him
> my work.  (I've gone back to New Hampshire to write my dissertation.)
> 
> I have been having a problem.  I transferred the .qgs and .qlmdb files
> to my lap top and I get an error message that it can't find one file. 
> When I click okay qgis quits unexpectedly.  What do I need to do to
> transfer my work to my lap top (and vis versa) and have it work?
> 
> As usual, and help of advise is appreciated.
> 
> Kurt Springs

Kurt,

The crash on missing layers has been reported ( we can check the bug
tracker to make sure). In the meantime before it gets fixed you can make
sure that all the data files you need are in the same path location as
your desktop machine or manually edit your .qgs file to correct for
their location.

Look for lines like
<datasource>/scratch/GrassDB/NorCal/ttp/davisppl/1_point</datasource>

One thing important to remember is that the data itself, in this case
you Grass Dataset needs to be transferred too. The .qgs file only stores
 references to the datasets and general map information not data.

Depending on how interactive your conversation needs to be you can
always print your maps to pdf too.

Alex