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<div class="gmail_quote" >On 4 Apr 2024, at 19:28, "Tony Shepherd (FarmMaps NZ) via QGIS-User" <<a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi All</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I am sure I am not the first to ponder how to deal with this. I have loads, thousands likely, of project files in a series of folders and subfolders. I need to move those files and folders to a new location to enable other staff to use the project files and their associated shp files, geo packages, rasters etc.</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Essentially, I am shifting my entire collection of GIS work to a shared location for others to start using, so moving from a sole operator to a shared environment.</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">In my old MapInfo days, I would simply do a bulk search and replace over the workspace files (text-based so this is easy) and change the paths that need changing and all would be ok.</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">As qgz files are not easily modified through a text editor, are there any tools out there to enable bulk changing of file paths in those files? </p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Any other approaches?</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Cheers</span></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Tony</span></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Tony Shepherd</span></b><span style="color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"></span></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"> GeoSpatial Manager @ FarmMaps NZ & Photographer @ Shepherd Photos</span></i></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Phone</span></i></b><span style="color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"> <b>–</b> 027 435 6193 | <b><i>Website</i> – </b><a href="http://shepherdphotos.co.nz/"><span style="color:#0563C1">shepherdphotos.co.nz</span></a></span></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Email</span></i></b><b><span style="color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"> – Maps</span></b><span style="color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"> <a href="mailto:tony@farmmaps.nz"><span style="color:#0563C1">tony@farmmaps.nz</span></a> | <b><i>Email</i> – Photos</b> <a href="mailto:tony@shepherdphotos.co.nz"><span style="color:#0563C1">tony@shepherdphotos.co.nz</span></a></span></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Facebook</span></i></b><span style="color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TonyShepherdPhotos"><span style="color:#0563C1">TonyShepherdPhotos</span></a></span></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"><img border="0" width="160" height="75" style="width:1.6666in;height:.7812in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DA872A.E26AD7C0" alt="FM_logo1_small (Custom)"></span></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p> </p></div><pre class="blue"><hr><br>QGIS-User mailing list<br>QGIS-User@lists.osgeo.org<br>List info: <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user</a><br>Unsubscribe: <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user</a><br></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>