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PODjango: Can I run syncdb on user demand? (to keep model in sync with file system)
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copied!<p>I have a Django model that represents data files on a server, with some metadata about each file. These files are generated by an instrument and can appear at any time throughout the day. I would like the Django table to reflect the files that are actually available for the user to select. </p> <p>Here is what I have so far:</p> <ul> <li>I have a python script that scans the directory, produces an intial_data.json file and puts it in the app/fixtures directory. (The script pulls out important metadata from each file to make it easy for the user to make selections.)</li> <li>I have <a href="https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/Fixtures" rel="nofollow">fixtures</a> working so that when I run syncdb, it loads the data into the model.</li> </ul> <p>My question is, how do I do this repeatedly (hourly? on-demand? -- for example, triggered by clicking a button on the page?) </p> <p>My impression is that syncdb is only meant to be run occasionally, like, for a data migration. Am I wrong - can I run it "at the click of a button"?</p> <p>Is there a better way of keeping my table in sync with the file system? I have considered using <a href="https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/ref/models/fields/#filefield" rel="nofollow">FileField</a> or <a href="https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/ref/models/fields/#filepathfield" rel="nofollow">FilePathField</a> but these seem not workable, because I want to pre-load the table with the file metadata.</p>

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