Editing Updating Media Indexes on Synology NAS (section)

==== Command line ====

SSH to NAS server
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usage: 
    Add:    synoindex -a filename
    Delete: synoindex -d filename
    Add folder:    synoindex -A folder
    Delete folder: synoindex -D folder
    Rename/move file/folder:    synoindex -N newfullpath oldfullpath
    Update Photo Images:        synoindex -U photo
    Get from DB:         synoindex -g filename -t [video|music|photo|playlist]
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Additionally, this command will re-index a specific media table:<ref>[http://wacha.ch/wiki/synology Synology Indexing] - Synology Wiki by Clemens Wacha</ref>

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synoindex -R [video|music|photo|playlist|all]
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`synoindex -h` for all command line options.<ref>[https://codesourcery.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/more-on-the-synology-nas-automatically-indexing-new-files/ More on the Synology NAS Automatically Indexing New Files] ("codesourcery" blog, 11/29/2012)<br />''This includes a Python script for watching for file system changes and triggering the `synoindex` command.''</ref>

`synoindex` can be used to retrieve metadata from indexed files.