[Bug] Scanning does not remove deleted files from files.json

[eskay993]

Describe the bug
If you remove or rename a file from your game path, it is not removed from files.json when you next scan.

To Reproduce

1. Remove a file from your game path
2. Run headless using python nut.py -S
3. Perform a new scan using /api/scan or /api/search

Actual behaviour
Removed game still appears in the list when using tinfoil on Switch over LAN. Game still also remains in files.json.

Expected behaviour
Games removed from game path should be removed from files.json, and no longer appear in tinfoil Switch.

NUT version (or git hash):
3.1 release, and latest github src.

Additional context:
Honestyly, not sure if this is a bug or a feature request :) as there is a function to remove games from files.json. It's just never called from the scan function. Also noticed a watcher.py file so I imagine this is something you're working on.

I added this hacky and noobish code to Nsps.scan(base) to test functionality and it works great.

for file, items in list(files.items()):
  if (not os.path.isfile(file)):
    print('removed: ' + file)
    unregisterFile(file)

Is this functionality you are looking to add in in future? Or is unregisterFile still being tested and not ready for prime time?

Many thanks.

[introkun]

I fixed a similar issue in the past. Let me see

[introkun]

Fixed previously in #192

[introkun]

And here, but only for GUI df56fe4

[JordsFalckh]

I have also been experiencing this issue on the GUI version 3.1. Scan won't remove old versions. I have to manually remove the NUT folders and restart from scratch to remove them.

[blawar]

@JordsFalckh you can just delete files.json next time. Will investigate.

[JordsFalckh]

Thanks for your reply. I have discovered this, I appreciate for you work

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[introkun]

It happens again. Latest commit in master is affected 23df047

[forrany]

@JordsFalckh you can just delete files.json next time. Will investigate.

The same issue on latest version nut_gui

and can't find the files.json file

[baddog-11]

Its 2023 I still have this problem with Nuts 3.3

[madmax2]

problem still occur on Nut 3.3

What is the solution?

[madmax2]

the program should add a clear cache button that deletes that files.json file whenever this problem occurs.

[nogagreflex]

Did anyone figure out a resolution to this?

[madmax2]

@nogagreflex no official solution, I suggested feature request = clear cache button
#476

Current workaround solution =
you need to manually delete files.json (or create a batch file to do this) in nut folder and rescan in nut program