An .SMDB file, template file, sometimes called a layout, is like a .ZIP file but without the actual data. Save folder and file structure to a template file. Restore files and folder structure based on a given template and the existing available source material. GammaCopy has a Highly optimized metadata caching system, interruptable, with deep archive traversal - for example it will find a file buried several layers deep in a .RAR within a .ZIP from an .ISO inside a .7z, and so on, and it will store its hash in an SQLite database so that if the data is ever needed GammaCopy has recorded the source material's existence and exactly how to retrieve it.
Template files allow one to share/archive file organization and identities by use of checksums. Templates work well for preserving metadata such as file sums and file and folder names. Depending on what data is available, they can be used to restore fully or partially a copy of the original file and folder layout.
GammaCopy currently supports only SourceMaterial DataBase (or SMDB) templates.
License is Apache 2.0 because of Crc32.cs
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| verb | description |
|---|---|
| parse | Create a template file. |
| index | Store in a database the sums of all source material. Metadata caching vastly improves build performance. |
| build | Restore files and folder structure based on a given template and the existing available source material. |
-p, --parse-folder Required. Folders to be parsed.
-w, --parsed-output-destination Required. Write parsed output to this file.
-r, --global-prepend
-t, --prepend-last-folder
-s, --source Required. Source locations to index or refresh.
-e, --onebyone Gather metadata sequentially.
-x, --disable-archive-traversal Do not traverse archive files.
-d, --database Required. template files to use.
-o, --output Path to the output folder.
-n, --containers Write output to <outputpath>/<templatefilename>/
-f, --coverage-hybrid-to-file Gather entries not in output location or metadata cache. Output coverage information to file.
-c, --coverage-hybrid-to-stdout Gather entries not in output location or metadata cache. Output coverage summary to console.
-u, --coverage-existant-to-file Gather entries not in output location. Output coverage information to file.
-v, --coverage-existant-to-stdout Gather entries not in output location. Output coverage summary to console.
-h, --coverage-meta-to-file Gather entries not in metadata cache. Output coverage information to file.
-b, --coverage-meta-to-stdout Gather entries not in metadata cache. Output coverage summary to console.
-j, --stdout-coverage-full When outputting coverage to console, DO NOT omit the missing entry list.
-k, --delete-extras Delete extra files found in the output path but not in the template file.
-l, --delete-empty-folders Delete empty folders found in the output path.
-g, --go Go ahead with the build process and output the data to the output folder.
>GammaCopy build -d "Y:\nes template.txt" -c -f -g -o "Y:\nes"
>GammaCopy index -s "Y:\pilesofarchives\"
>GammaCopy parse -p "Y:\finalset" -w "Y:\final.txt" -r "final"