Remote File Index Creation #113
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Motivation
We store our measurements on a server, which makes backups and access to the files easier. However, indexing the files via SMB is slow. If the index were to be created periodically on the server, and the clients would access this index, all measurements would be available to everyone. This is a nice addition to the qviewkit-URL feature in Dokuwiki-Autodoc.
Implementation
Besides some minor bug fixes, this pull request adds a secondary cache location in the data directory. If the config enables loading from this location, and this cache is loadable, then it will be used instead of a local cache.
Also, a new entry point (
qkit-fid-index) is introduced to allow creation of the index from the command line. This could be used in the future for other setup tasks.Discussion Questions
qkit.fid) and must be discussed.qkit-fid-indexredirects its log directory to be within the datadirectory, such that the cache files become available. This is a bit hacky, but the simplest solution. Is this sufficient?qkit.fid.get_lastwas missing. I think this is a bug. Were there use cases for this omission?