Import process#
When importing a new archive, hircine will do the following:
Calculate the hash of the archive its contents. See Hashing.
Process each image for display in the application. See Image processing.
Collate all images in the archive in “natural” sort order. See natsort.
Add the images and archive to the database.
Status display#
For each new or updated archive, hircine will report its status on the command line:
Symbol |
Meaning |
|---|---|
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This is a new archive. |
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This archive was updated (i.e. its modified time has changed). |
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This archive has been renamed. |
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This archive was ignored as it is a duplicate. |
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This archive conflicts with another archive. |
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This archive is referenced in the database but could not be found. |
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The images from this archive were reprocessed. |
Duplicates#
hircine will not add duplicate archives to its database. If two or more archives have the same content (i.e. their hashes match), a warning will be issued.
Conflicts#
A conflict occurs when an archive hash in the database no longer matches the hash of the archive file on disk. hircine will take no further action other than printing an error message including the path of the archive and both hashes; it is up to the user to reconcile conflicts. An easy (but destructive) solution is to delete the affected archive in the web application and reimport it.