[Qgis-user] linux box accessing project-files on a windows server

[Jorge Gustavo Rocha]

Hi Thomas,

You can uncompress the qgz project file. Open it in a regular text 
editor and check the path for each layer.

How it looks like? Is it a relative path? Does it make sense on the 
linux box?

Regards,

Jorge

On 21/02/22 18:39, Thomas Struller wrote:
> Hallo Rich,
>
> Thank you for testing and investing time on my problem. That is very
> nice. But i think you missunderstood my question, sorry.
> I can load shp-files etc from the windows-server. The problem is, that
> I want to open a project with a lot of layers (20 and more) that was
> created on a windows box with relative paths.
>
> On opening this file qgis asks me for the path for all my layers. Qgis
> does not find the layers by itsself like on windows. For all my layers
> (shape, geopackage-layers, rasters) i have to point to the directory or
> to the geopackage on the file-server. That is very annoying. And i'm
> surprised that i'm the only one having this problem.
>
> kind regards
>
> Thomas
>
>
>
> Am Montag, dem 21.02.2022 um 08:49 -0700 schrieb Richard Greenwood:
>> I did a quick test. I installed QGIS 3.22 on a Windows 7 computer,
>> created a project. Switched to Linux Mint, used the file manager to
>> navigate to the Windows computer, double clicked the project and it
>> opened correctly. The path that QGIS displays in the properties/info
>> panel is:
>>   Path
>>   /run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-
>> share:server=w7,share=c$/Temp/ASSESSOR_ROADS_2018_3.shp
>> I went back to the Windows computer, exported the shapefile to a
>> gpkg, saved the project. Reopened it in Mint, all good. QGIS info for
>> the gpkg layer:
>>   Path
>>   /run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share:server=w7,share=c$/Temp/test.gpkg
>> I also tested putting the gpkg in a folder below the project file and
>> that opened correctly on the Linux computer.
>> So I suggest that you start with a simple test project. Also, the
>> project .qgz file is just a gzipped xml file. So you can unzip it,
>> open the .qgs file in a text editor and search for "source=" to see
>> what path info has been saved with the project.
>>
>> Rich
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 3:38 AM Thomas Struller <
>> thomas.struller at lga-geo.de> wrote:
>>> Hallo Nicolas,
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>> thank you for your reply. All my project files are on one network
>>> drive and I prefer to use geopackages. Perhaps it the problem is,
>>> that I install qigs from flathub. I’m wondering about that I am the
>>> only one who uses qgis on linux and want’s to access project-files
>>> on a windows file server.
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>   
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>>> Von: Nicolas Cadieux <njacadieux.gitlab at gmail.com>
>>> Gesendet: Montag, 21. Februar 2022 02:13
>>> An: Thomas Struller <thomas.struller at lga-geo.de>
>>> Cc: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>>> Betreff: Re: [Qgis-user] linux box accessing project-files on a
>>> windows server
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>> My guess is that the files you are using are, perhaps, in different
>>> drives. If you save with a relative path, I think it will work if
>>> you have files in a simple directory structure but if you have
>>> files from multiple drives, then perhaps QGIS is forced to uses a
>>> drive lettre like  c:\ and that would not go well on a Linux box.
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>> Just a guess
>>>
>>> Nicolas Cadieux
>>>
>>> https://gitlab.com/njacadieux
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Le 19 févr. 2022 à 06:15, Thomas Struller <
>>>> thomas.struller at lga-geo.de> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>  Hallo list,
>>>>
>>>> sometimes I use a linux mint box with qgis 3.22.3. I have to
>>>> access
>>>> qgis project files over vpn on a windows-fileserver.
>>>>
>>>> The problem, I can't open these projects. In Qgis (linux-box) i
>>>> can
>>>> browse to the directory on the windows-fileserver with the qgis-
>>>> project
>>>> file, but qgis opens a window that shows not available layers. In
>>>> fact
>>>> no layer of my projet is available.  On my windows box I stored
>>>> the
>>>> project files with relativ project-path and in qgz format.
>>>>
>>>> What do I not see or what I'm doing wrong?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thomas Struller
>>>> Diplom Geologe (Univ.), BDG, V18
>>>>
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