dindexer (from "Disc Indexer") is a program to help you keep track of where your files are as you back them up on external media. It's like updatedb/locate, but it's thought for never changing removable media, such as DVDs and BluRays.
Running dindexer on your disks will build a list of all your files and directories. You can associate those lists to a descriptive name and a number, so it's easy to find on what disk a file is on the next time you search for that file.
dindexer will also help you keeping track of duplicate data.
## Configuration ##
As dindexer needs to write data to a PostgreSQL database, you need to configure access to it. Create a ~/.config/dindexer.yml file with the settings to connect to your database. For example:
%YAML 1.2
---
db_settings:
username: bob_db
password: my_secret_db_password
dbname: dindexerdb
port: 5432
address: 127.0.0.1
## Usage ##
Using dindexer is pretty straightforward: mount your DVD and scan it. For example:
mount /dev/cdrom /media/my_backup
dindexer --setname "My generic backup 2015-11-13" /media/my_backup
I never tested dindexer on anything other than Linux. Note that the code assumes paths to be Unix-like. Other than that, there shouldn't be any major problem to porting the code.
This project is at an early stage and is still being developed. Currently, only the indexer has been implemented. You can search the database manually if you know how to write the SQL queries you will need.
# Useful technical details #
## Queries ##
### Find duplicates ###
List all duplicate files belonging to different sets:
select files.hash, group_id, t.ct from files
inner join (
select hash, count(*) as ct from files group by hash having count(distinct group_id) > 1
) t
on t.hash = files.hash
group by files.hash, group_id, t.ct order by files.hash;
#### Set number ###
In the sets table you can find a disk_number column that is currently not used. This is in case you have numbered discs, so you are free to put any number you like in that column.
