Manual:findMissingFiles.php

MediaWiki file: findMissingFiles.php
Location:	maintenance/
Source code:	master • 1.45.3 • 1.44.5 • 1.43.8
Classes:	FindMissingFiles

Details

findMissingFiles.php maintenance script finds registered files with no corresponding file.

Options

Option	Description	Required?	Default value
--start	Start after this file name	Optional
--mtimeafter	Only include files changed since this time	Optional
--mtimebefore	Only includes files changed before this time	Optional

Usage

php maintenance/run.php findMissingFiles [ --start | --mtimeafter | --mtimebefore ]

In MediaWiki version MediaWiki 1.39 and earlier, you must invoke maintenance scripts using php maintenance/scriptName.php instead of php maintenance/run.php scriptName.

Finding all missing files

Terminal

$ php maintenance/run.php findMissingFiles

mwstore://local-backend/local-public/a/a4/r-foundation-logo2.png
mwstore://local-backend/local-public/2/2a/Screenshot_2021-08-12_at_11.10.17_AM.png
mwstore://local-backend/local-public/8/2b/Foo.jpeg
mwstore://local-backend/local-public/d/3b/AkaInfo.png
mwstore://local-backend/local-public/6/c6/Bar.jpeg
mwstore://local-backend/local-public/e/4e/Screenshot_2021-08-13_at_11.10.17_AM.png

Finding all missing files whose name comes at/after "S"

Terminal

$ php maintenance/run.php findMissingFiles --start "S"

mwstore://local-backend/local-public/2/2a/Screenshot_2021-08-12_at_11.10.17_AM.png
mwstore://local-backend/local-public/e/4e/Screenshot_2021-08-13_at_11.10.17_AM.png

See also

• Manual:ImportTextFiles.php
• Manual:ValidateRegistrationFile.php
• Manual:SyncFileBackend.php