dwim: take the scan flags (closes #162) (#193)
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@@ -254,15 +254,14 @@ In order:
- `report` prints the file-level duplicate report from the database.
- `trees` prints the duplicate-tree report from the database.
- `info` prints the database's details.
- `dwim` scans `/` with the default excludes, then prints the duplicate-tree
report.
- `dwim` scans `/`, then prints the duplicate-tree report.
```
sfdupes scan [--workers N] [-x] [--no-default-excludes] [--exclude PATH]... PATH...
sfdupes report > dupes.tsv
sfdupes trees > dupetrees.tsv
sfdupes info
sfdupes dwim
sfdupes dwim [--workers N] [-x] [--no-default-excludes] [--exclude PATH]...
sfdupes --version
sfdupes [command] --help
```
@@ -292,20 +291,20 @@ The reference below is also the program's specification.
database is `/var/lib/sfdupes/db.sqlite`. There is no command-line flag for
it. The path names the file exactly, whatever characters it holds. A relative
path is relative to the working directory.
- `--workers N` (`scan`) sets how many directories `scan` reads at once while it
lists the trees. It also sets how many files `scan` reads at once while it
hashes them. The default is the number of CPUs. `N` must be at least 1. A
smaller value is a usage error, reported in one line on stderr with exit 2
before anything is scanned.
- `-x`, `--one-file-system` (`scan`) keeps the walk of each operand out of
directories on other filesystems, as the same flag does for `du` and `rsync`.
By default the walk also enters directories on other filesystems.
- `--no-default-excludes` (`scan`) lets the walk enter the default excludes.
Those are the system and temporary directories the walk otherwise leaves out,
such as `/var/tmp` on Linux (see "Rules for the walk").
- `--exclude PATH` (`scan`) keeps the walk out of `PATH` and everything below
it. `PATH` may be a directory or a file. The flag may be given more than once.
The walk knows `PATH` by its device ID and inode number, as it knows the
- `--workers N` (`scan`, `dwim`) sets how many directories `scan` reads at once
while it lists the trees. It also sets how many files `scan` reads at once
while it hashes them. The default is the number of CPUs. `N` must be at
least 1. A smaller value is a usage error, reported in one line on stderr with
exit 2 before anything is scanned.
- `-x`, `--one-file-system` (`scan`, `dwim`) keeps the walk of each operand out
of directories on other filesystems, as the same flag does for `du` and
`rsync`. By default the walk also enters directories on other filesystems.
- `--no-default-excludes` (`scan`, `dwim`) lets the walk enter the default
excludes. Those are the system and temporary directories the walk otherwise
leaves out, such as `/var/tmp` on Linux (see "Rules for the walk").
- `--exclude PATH` (`scan`, `dwim`) keeps the walk out of `PATH` and everything
below it. `PATH` may be a directory or a file. The flag may be given more than
once. The walk knows `PATH` by its device ID and inode number, as it knows the
database files (see "Rules for the walk"). So the walk leaves `PATH` out
whatever path leads to it. That includes a hard link to a file given as
`PATH`. A symlink given as `PATH` excludes its target. An empty `PATH`, as in
@@ -318,9 +317,9 @@ The reference below is also the program's specification.
- `--help`, `-h`, alone or after a subcommand, prints the help text to stderr
and exits 0. It writes nothing to stdout. The help of `sfdupes` and of `scan`
names the database. The help of `report`, `trees`, `info` and `dwim` says what
each prints. `sfdupes scan --help` also lists the default excludes of the
system it runs on, and the filesystem types the walk never records anything
on.
each prints. `sfdupes scan --help` and `sfdupes dwim --help` also list the
default excludes of the system they run on, and the filesystem types the walk
never records anything on.
### Duplicate detection
@@ -858,14 +857,25 @@ trees: 14 records read, 1 duplicate tree groups, 1 dupe trees, 3.0 KiB reclaimab
### `dwim` mode
`dwim`, short for "do what I mean", scans a new machine and reports its
duplicate trees in one command. It takes no positional arguments and no flags of
its own. Like `scan`, it should run as root, so that it can read every file.
duplicate trees in one command. It takes no positional arguments. Like `scan`,
it should run as root, so that it can read every file.
`dwim` runs what `sfdupes scan /` runs with no flags. The walk skips the default
excludes and crosses into other filesystems. `--workers` keeps its default. The
`dwim` takes these flags of `scan`, with the same meaning (see "Settings"):
- `--workers N`;
- `-x`, `--one-file-system`;
- `--no-default-excludes`;
- `--exclude PATH`, which may be given more than once.
`dwim` runs what `sfdupes scan /` runs with the same flags. With no flags, the
walk skips the default excludes and crosses into other filesystems. The
database, its creation and the scan lock are those of `scan`. Then `dwim` runs
what `sfdupes trees` runs. The largest trees come first.
```
sfdupes dwim -x --exclude /srv/cache
```
The report goes to stdout, exactly as `trees` prints it. On stderr comes what
`scan` prints, then what `trees` prints, then one last line: