Working with Files

Explains how to index, copy, move, rename and delete files and folders.

Indexing Files and Folders

The process where you add files to your database or update files already contained in the database is called Indexing. When you index files in your database, IMatch reads information about these files from the file system, generates a thumbnail, extracts the metadata from the file, extracts information for the search engine and optionally creates a cache image for fast display performance.

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File Operations

IMatch contains a wide variety of commands which allow you to move, copy, rename and delete files and folders. When you use the built-in functions IMatch automatically keeps your database synchronized with the changes you make to the file system. This is important because otherwise you will have to manually update the database using the Relocate command. 

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