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Command Line Update/Scan Command?

Jason Jones 9 years ago updated by Tom 8 years ago 5
Is there a a command you can run from the Command Line to force an update/scan? If so what is it please? Thanks!
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That's not possible at the moment.

The scan is triggered by the call of an URL (when using the web admin), so technically you might think about using a command line tool like curl to call it. The problem is that launching a scan is an administrator action, so you have to be identified, which means providing a cookie with the token generated by the server when you logged in. Quite complex and not realistically usable as the token has to be preiodically regenerated.

Is there a specific reason you need command line triggered scan ? Usually setting the autoscan period to the minimum (15 min) does the job, as the scanning process is really inexpensive (as long as no new file has been added).
I agree the minimum is normally fine. I was working on trying to update my books with meta tags and checking to see if the metadata was showing up in Ubooquity when clicking on a book. At the time, I didn't think about running the Admin page from the remote pc I was on. I'm an old batch file guy and I was like, boy I wish I could just make a script to force an update as soon as I need it without remoting in and doing it. I could've just opened the admin page and clicked update as much as I needed. DOH! Thanks for the answer though!

i have the terminal (command prompt) opened running Ubooquity. its much easier and convenient to issue a command prompt scan command (maybe like 'r' as refresh) than open a webpage, browse to admin new scan page. concur and suggest to have a command prompt scan command :)

Yes, scanning the command prompt to trigger a scan would be easier. Not very convenient, but why not.

I'll add it to the backlog.