Updating Media Indexes on Synology NAS: Difference between revisions

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Files are saved to a Windows 7 directory.

A scheduled task copies those files to a remote NAS drive.

A task runs on NAS that re-indexes its media nightly (making it available to Photo Station).

How to re-index NAS so the files are available in Photo Station before the nightly indexing.

Log in to DSM.
Enable SSH
- Open the Terminal Services Menu, from the Network Services Folder
- Enable the SSH Service.
- Click OK.
Grant remote access.
- Open the Firewall Menu, from the Network Services Folder
- Double click enabled rule
- In Ports Section, press Select button next to Select from a list of built-in applications
- Make sure Port 22 (SSH) is enabled
- Click OK twice and then Save.^[1]

SSH to NAS server
Navigate to the directory to be re-indexed
```
$ synoindex -R dirpath
```
synoindex -h for all command line options.<ref>More on the Synology NAS Automatically Indexing New Files ("codesourcery" blog, 11/29/2012)
This includes a Python script for watching for file system changes and triggering the synoindex command.

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 * SSH to NAS server
 * Navigate to the directory to be re-indexed<br /><pre>$ synoindex -R dirpath</pre>
-* `synoindex -h` for all command line options.
+* `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.''
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