📅 2025-10-15 — Session: Implemented and Integrated File Scanning Automation
🕒 16:05–16:35
🏷️ Labels: File Scanning, Automation, Legacy Integration, Python, Metadata Extraction
📂 Project: Dev
Session Goal
The session aimed to implement and integrate a comprehensive file scanning and triaging system using Python, focusing on automation and legacy module integration.
Key Activities
- Project Ideas Assessment: Evaluated several project ideas for maturity and feasibility, providing actionable recommendations for implementation.
- Jupyter Notebook Development: Created a Jupyter notebook to scan directories and generate metadata inventories.
- Folder Scanner Setup: Detailed the setup process for a folder scanner, including metadata collection and enhancement suggestions.
- Triage Scanner Implementation: Implemented a triage scanner with legacy module integration, generating CSV reports.
- Legacy Module Loading: Developed stubs for unavailable legacy modules to ensure smooth integration.
- NLTKTextSplitter Integration: Integrated NLTKTextSplitter into Langchain for text processing.
- File Scanning Scripts: Created scripts for scanning directories, extracting metadata, and summarizing contents.
- Legacy Code Integration: Successfully integrated legacy code into the scanner, enhancing robustness.
- User-Scoped File Triager Setup: Outlined a user-scoped setup for file triaging using systemd without root access.
Achievements
- Developed a robust file scanning and triaging system capable of handling legacy modules and generating comprehensive metadata reports.
- Successfully integrated legacy code, ensuring system functionality without missing dependencies.
Pending Tasks
- Enhance the scanning process with entropy analysis and file organization suggestions.
- Further refine the integration of legacy modules to improve efficiency and reliability.