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l3uddz / plex_autoscan

Script to assist sonarr/radarr with plex imports. Will only scan the folder that has been imported, instead of the whole library section.
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How does plex_autoscan deal with downtime? #90

Closed m1lkman closed 5 years ago

m1lkman commented 5 years ago

Wha happens when the system is offline or if rclone mount is down for a period of time? Will plex_autoscan catch up with changes since it last ran or do we need to take manual steps to have plex scan folders added/removed since it was last online?

desimaniac commented 5 years ago

New config option PLEX_CHECK_BEFORE_SCAN checks for Plex to be available before continuing.

Existing config options for file checks, check to see if file is available before proceeding.

PLEX_EMPTY_TRASH_CONTROL_FILES makes sure that it doesn't empty the trash when a mount goes offline.

m1lkman commented 5 years ago

@desimaniac PLEX_CHECK_BEFORE_SCAN sounds like it will help but what if plex_autoscan is not running for some time and files are both added and removed from gdrive. When plex_autoscan starts up again will it know about all changes since it last ran? Is this where SERVER_USE_SQLITE will help?

desimaniac commented 5 years ago

For instances where Plex was down, a file request came in, but that file was eventually removed:

PAS will attempt to check to see if the file exists (via SERVER_MAX_FILE_CHECKS SERVER_FILE_CHECK_DELAY) and if it cant find it, it will either skip or scan the entire season/movie folder depending on whether SERVER_SCAN_FOLDER_ON_FILE_EXISTS_EXHAUSTION is set to false or true, respectively.

There are a lot of details on the readme page, you should check that out first.