Initialization

The first step in using fidx on a directory tree is the initialize a state database. This is done by running fidx init in the directory tree's base directory.

If the tool will be used maintain checksums on an external disk which is mounted on /Volumes/backup_archive, then run:

$ cd /Volumes/backup_archive
$ fidx init

All the entries in the database will be relative to the directory where the database was initialized.