Use a top-level folder!
Here is a solution. Have an additional root folder
//SERVER/Photos/Photos/ and then run
find missing photos on that. If you don't want to do it permanently, you can move the photos from
//SERVER/Photos/Photos/. Then run the command, then move them back.
Make sure that the server does not change the mount point or it's network address.
This solution is a bit dependent on what your "SERVER" is. I don't know your situation so the following are a few different cases that might apply for you.
- For NFS you have control over your local mount point, so set that to something fixed and update the configuration when your server moves.
- For direct network connections (like 192.0.2.77) you can either configure your router so that it gives your server always the same IP or just set the IP-address manually (on the router or on the server, router is safer for your configuration).
** create a route so you type
ping myserver and this is redirected to ´ping 192.0.2.77`. You can do this on your local machine, or on the router (that goes towards adding extra DNS entries). Using machinename.local with Macs and Linux