Manual:findOrphanedFiles.php

Details

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findOrphanedFiles.php is a maintenance script that finds unregistered files in the 'public' repo zone.

MediaWiki uses the directory defined by $wgUploadDirectory ("images/" by default) to store uploaded files. This script finds files that exist in the upload directory but that are not registered in the database.

Options

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Option Description Required
--subdir Only scan files in this subdirectory (for example: "a/a0") Optional
--verbose Mention file paths checked Optional

Usage

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php maintenance/run.php findOrphanedFiles [ --verbose| --subdir ]
In MediaWiki version 1.39.10 and earlier, you must invoke maintenance scripts using php maintenance/scriptName.php instead of php maintenance/run.php scriptName.

Basic run

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Basic run with verbose

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Terminal

Common error

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Local repo uses SHA-1 file storage names; aborting.

This script does not work if your local storage uses SHA-1 hashing.

Could not get file listing.

This error occurs when the directory does not exist or the user running the script does not have permission to read the directory.

If directory does exist, check the file permissions. If you are a root user, you can run script with sudo.

See also

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