dcmqridx - Register a DICOM image file in an image database index file

dcmqridx [options] index-out [dcmimg-in...]

The dcmqridx ulility registers DICOM image files in the database index file used by the dcmqrscp and dcmqrti applications. No image files are copied. dcmqridx can also list the contents of the database index file.

index-out storage area for the index file (directory)

dcmimg-in DICOM image file to be registered in the index file

-h --help print this help text and exit

--version print version information and exit

-v --verbose verbose mode, print processing details

-d --debug debug mode, print debug information

-p --print list contents of database index file

-n --not-new set instance reviewed status to 'not new'

dcmqridx attempts to add a reference to the database index file for each image-file provided on the command line.

dcmqridx disables the database back-end quota system so that no image files will be deleted.

All command line tools use the following notation for parameters: square brackets enclose optional values (0-1), three trailing dots indicate that multiple values are allowed (1-n), a combination of both means 0 to n values.

Command line options are distinguished from parameters by a leading '+' or '-' sign, respectively. Usually, order and position of command line options are arbitrary (i.e. they can appear anywhere). However, if options are mutually exclusive the rightmost appearance is used. This behaviour conforms to the standard evaluation rules of common Unix shells.

In addition, one or more command files can be specified using an '@' sign as a prefix to the filename (e.g. @command.txt). Such a command argument is replaced by the content of the corresponding text file (multiple whitespaces are treated as a single separator) prior to any further evaluation. Please note that a command file cannot contain another command file. This simple but effective approach allows to summarize common combinations of options/parameters and avoids longish and confusing command lines (an example is provided in file share/data/dumppat.txt).

The dcmqridx utility will attempt to load DICOM data dictionaries specified in the DCMDICTPATH environment variable. By default, i.e. if the DCMDICTPATH environment variable is not set, the file <PREFIX>/lib/dicom.dic will be loaded unless the dictionary is built into the application (default for Windows).

The default behaviour should be preferred and the DCMDICTPATH environment variable only used when alternative data dictionaries are required. The DCMDICTPATH environment variable has the same format as the Unix shell PATH variable in that a colon (':') separates entries. The data dictionary code will attempt to load each file specified in the DCMDICTPATH environment variable. It is an error if no data dictionary can be loaded.

dcmqrscp(1), dcmqrti(1)

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