expose always_rescan option

admin-root/config.html

@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ take effect.
 	  <TD>Rescan Interval</TD>
 	  <TD><INPUT TYPE="TEXT" @READONLY@ NAME="RESCAN_INTERVAL" VALUE="@RESCAN_INTERVAL@"></TD>
 	</TR>
+	<TR>
+	  <TD>Always Scan</TD>
+	  <TD><INPUT TYPE="TEXT" @READONLY@ NAME="ALWAYS_SCAN" VALUE="@ALWAYS_SCAN@"></TD>
+	</TR>
+
 	<TR>
 	  <TD>Process .m3u Files</TD>
 	  <TD><INPUT TYPE="TEXT" @READONLY@ NAME="PROCESS_M3U" VALUE="@PROCESS_M3U@"></TD>

contrib/mt-daapd.conf

@@ -156,3 +156,17 @@ extensions .mp3,.m4a,.m4p
 #
 
 #rescan_interval 300
+
+#
+# always_scan
+#
+# The default behavior is not not do background rescans of the filesystem
+# unless there are clients connected.  The thought is to allow the drives
+# to spin down unless they are in use.  This might be of more importance
+# in IDE drives that aren't designed to be run 24x7.
+#
+# Forcing a scan will always work though, even if no users are connected.
+#
+#
+# always_scan 0
+

src/configfile.c

@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ CONFIGELEMENT config_elements[] = {
 #endif
     { 1,1,0,CONFIG_TYPE_STRING,"servername",(void*)&config.servername,config_emit_string },
     { 1,0,0,CONFIG_TYPE_INT,"rescan_interval",(void*)&config.rescan_interval,config_emit_int },
+    { 1,0,0,CONFIG_TYPE_INT,"always_scan",(void*)&config.always_scan,config_emit_int },
     { 1,0,0,CONFIG_TYPE_INT,"process_m3u",(void*)&config.rescan_interval,config_emit_int },
     { 1,0,0,CONFIG_TYPE_STRING,"playlist",(void*)&config.playlist,config_emit_string },
     { 1,0,0,CONFIG_TYPE_STRING,"extensions",(void*)&config.extensions,config_emit_string },
@@ -335,6 +336,7 @@ int config_write(WS_CONNINFO *pwsc) {
     fprintf(configfile,"extensions\t%s\n",ws_getvar(pwsc,"extensions"));
     fprintf(configfile,"db_dir\t\t%s\n",ws_getvar(pwsc,"db_dir"));
     fprintf(configfile,"rescan_interval\t%s\n",ws_getvar(pwsc,"rescan_interval"));
+    fprintf(configfile,"always_scan\t%s\n",ws_getvar(pwsc,"always_scan"));
     fprintf(configfile,"process_m3u\t%s\n",ws_getvar(pwsc,"process_m3u"));    
 
     fclose(configfile);

src/daapd.h

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ typedef struct tag_config {
     char *web_root;       /**< path to the directory containing the admin-root files */
     int port;             /**< port to listen on */
     int rescan_interval;  /**< How often to do a background rescan of the file system */
-    int always_scan;      /**< 0 to minimize disk usage (embedded devices) - not in config */
+    int always_scan;      /**< 0 to minimize disk usage (embedded devices) */
     int process_m3u;      /**< Should we process m3u files? */
     char *adminpassword;  /**< Password to web management pages */
     char *readpassword;   /**< iTunes password */