Removing files from the list if they no longer exist in the filesystem

[MarisaG]

I renamed and moved a bunch of files to new locations and deleted some and when I rescan it finds the new files/locations but leaves the old entries in the system even though they are no longer there. Is there a way to purge out files that don't exist anymore?

[Jan]

Hi, if the file was added properly to Phoca Download system, it can be removed when option: "Delete existing files" is enabled.



But there is no purge function as Phoca Download as independent database and filesystem layer, so a file on server can be e.g. used for other parts of the system.

Jan

[MarisaG]

I think that is in the reverse direction. I dont want it to remove files on the filesystem when i delete them in the backend, rather the files are deleted or moved from the shell and I want phocadownload to remove them from the database.
Do I need to create a script to check if each file still exists and remove it from the database if not?

[MarisaG]

What I did was just use the manager to delete all the entries and then rescan the filesystem again to add the existing ones back. From now on I'll do all the management inside the component and not the filesystem.