dupeguru/core/app.py

# Created By: Virgil Dupras
# Created On: 2006/11/11
# Copyright 2013 Hardcoded Software (http://www.hardcoded.net)
# 
# This software is licensed under the "BSD" License as described in the "LICENSE" file, 
# which should be included with this package. The terms are also available at 
# http://www.hardcoded.net/licenses/bsd_license

import os
import os.path as op
import logging
import subprocess
import re
import time
import shutil

from send2trash import send2trash
from jobprogress import job
from hscommon.notify import Broadcaster
from hscommon.path import Path
from hscommon.conflict import smart_move, smart_copy
from hscommon.gui.progress_window import ProgressWindow
from hscommon.util import delete_if_empty, first, escape, nonone, format_time_decimal, allsame
from hscommon.trans import tr
from hscommon.plat import ISWINDOWS
from hscommon import desktop

from . import directories, results, scanner, export, fs
from .gui.deletion_options import DeletionOptions
from .gui.details_panel import DetailsPanel
from .gui.directory_tree import DirectoryTree
from .gui.ignore_list_dialog import IgnoreListDialog
from .gui.problem_dialog import ProblemDialog
from .gui.stats_label import StatsLabel

HAD_FIRST_LAUNCH_PREFERENCE = 'HadFirstLaunch'
DEBUG_MODE_PREFERENCE = 'DebugMode'

MSG_NO_MARKED_DUPES = tr("There are no marked duplicates. Nothing has been done.")
MSG_NO_SELECTED_DUPES = tr("There are no selected duplicates. Nothing has been done.")
MSG_MANY_FILES_TO_OPEN = tr("You're about to open many files at once. Depending on what those "
    "files are opened with, doing so can create quite a mess. Continue?")

class DestType:
    Direct = 0
    Relative = 1
    Absolute = 2

class JobType:
    Scan = 'job_scan'
    Load = 'job_load'
    Move = 'job_move'
    Copy = 'job_copy'
    Delete = 'job_delete'

JOBID2TITLE = {
    JobType.Scan: tr("Scanning for duplicates"),
    JobType.Load: tr("Loading"),
    JobType.Move: tr("Moving"),
    JobType.Copy: tr("Copying"),
    JobType.Delete: tr("Sending to Trash"),
}
if ISWINDOWS:
    JOBID2TITLE[JobType.Delete] = tr("Sending files to the recycle bin")

def format_timestamp(t, delta):
    if delta:
        return format_time_decimal(t)
    else:
        if t > 0:
            return time.strftime('%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S', time.localtime(t))
        else:
            return '---'

def format_words(w):
    def do_format(w):
        if isinstance(w, list):
            return '(%s)' % ', '.join(do_format(item) for item in w)
        else:
            return w.replace('\n', ' ')
    
    return ', '.join(do_format(item) for item in w)

def format_perc(p):
    return "%0.0f" % p

def format_dupe_count(c):
    return str(c) if c else '---'

def cmp_value(dupe, attrname):
    value = getattr(dupe, attrname, '')
    return value.lower() if isinstance(value, str) else value

def fix_surrogate_encoding(s, encoding='utf-8'):
    # ref #210. It's possible to end up with file paths that, while correct unicode strings, are
    # decoded with the 'surrogateescape' option, which make the string unencodable to utf-8. We fix
    # these strings here by trying to encode them and, if it fails, we do an encode/decode dance
    # to remove the problematic characters. This dance is *lossy* but there's not much we can do
    # because if we end up with this type of string, it means that we don't know the encoding of the
    # underlying filesystem that brought them. Don't use this for strings you're going to re-use in
    # fs-related functions because you're going to lose your path (it's going to change). Use this
    # if you need to export the path somewhere else, outside of the unicode realm.
    # See http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2013/7/2/the-updated-guide-to-unicode/
    try:
        s.encode(encoding)
    except UnicodeEncodeError:
        return s.encode(encoding, 'replace').decode(encoding)
    else:
        return s

class DupeGuru(Broadcaster):
    """Holds everything together.
    
    Instantiated once per running application, it holds a reference to every high-level object
    whose reference needs to be held: :class:`~core.results.Results`, :class:`Scanner`,
    :class:`~core.directories.Directories`, :mod:`core.gui` instances, etc..
    
    It also hosts high level methods and acts as a coordinator for all those elements. This is why
    some of its methods seem a bit shallow, like for example :meth:`mark_all` and
    :meth:`remove_duplicates`. These methos are just proxies for a method in :attr:`results`, but
    they are also followed by a notification call which is very important if we want GUI elements
    to be correctly notified of a change in the data they're presenting.
    
    .. attribute:: directories
    
        Instance of :class:`~core.directories.Directories`. It holds the current folder selection.
    
    .. attribute:: results
    
        Instance of :class:`core.results.Results`. Holds the results of the latest scan.
    
    .. attribute:: selected_dupes
    
        List of currently selected dupes from our :attr:`results`. Whenever the user changes its
        selection at the UI level, :attr:`result_table` takes care of updating this attribute, so
        you can trust that it's always up-to-date.
    
    .. attribute:: result_table
    
        Instance of :mod:`meta-gui <core.gui>` table listing the results from :attr:`results`
    """
    #--- View interface
    # get_default(key_name)
    # set_default(key_name, value)
    # show_message(msg)
    # open_url(url)
    # open_path(path)
    # reveal_path(path)
    # ask_yes_no(prompt) --> bool
    # show_results_window()
    # show_problem_dialog()
    # select_dest_folder(prompt: str) --> str
    # select_dest_file(prompt: str, ext: str) --> str
    
    # in fairware prompts, we don't mention the edition, it's too long.
    PROMPT_NAME = "dupeGuru"
    
    def __init__(self, view):
        if view.get_default(DEBUG_MODE_PREFERENCE):
            logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
            logging.debug("Debug mode enabled")
        Broadcaster.__init__(self)
        self.view = view
        self.appdata = desktop.special_folder_path(desktop.SpecialFolder.AppData, appname=self.NAME)
        if not op.exists(self.appdata):
            os.makedirs(self.appdata)
        self.directories = directories.Directories()
        self.results = results.Results(self)
        self.scanner = scanner.Scanner()
        self.options = {
            'escape_filter_regexp': True,
            'clean_empty_dirs': False,
            'ignore_hardlink_matches': False,
            'copymove_dest_type': DestType.Relative,
        }
        self.selected_dupes = []
        self.details_panel = DetailsPanel(self)
        self.directory_tree = DirectoryTree(self)
        self.problem_dialog = ProblemDialog(self)
        self.ignore_list_dialog = IgnoreListDialog(self)
        self.stats_label = StatsLabel(self)
        self.result_table = self._create_result_table()
        self.deletion_options = DeletionOptions()
        self.progress_window = ProgressWindow(self._job_completed)
        children = [self.result_table, self.directory_tree, self.stats_label, self.details_panel]
        for child in children:
            child.connect()
    
    #--- Virtual
    def _prioritization_categories(self):
        raise NotImplementedError()
    
    def _create_result_table(self):
        raise NotImplementedError()
    
    #--- Private
    def _get_dupe_sort_key(self, dupe, get_group, key, delta):
        if key == 'marked':
            return self.results.is_marked(dupe)
        if key == 'percentage':
            m = get_group().get_match_of(dupe)
            return m.percentage
        elif key == 'dupe_count':
            return 0
        else:
            result = cmp_value(dupe, key)
        if delta:
            refval = cmp_value(get_group().ref, key)
            if key in self.result_table.DELTA_COLUMNS:
                result -= refval
            else:
                same = cmp_value(dupe, key) == refval
                result = (same, result)
        return result
    
    def _get_group_sort_key(self, group, key):
        if key == 'percentage':
            return group.percentage
        if key == 'dupe_count':
            return len(group)
        if key == 'marked':
            return len([dupe for dupe in group.dupes if self.results.is_marked(dupe)])
        return cmp_value(group.ref, key)
    
    def _do_delete(self, j, link_deleted, use_hardlinks, direct_deletion):
        def op(dupe):
            j.add_progress()
            return self._do_delete_dupe(dupe, link_deleted, use_hardlinks, direct_deletion)
        
        j.start_job(self.results.mark_count)
        self.results.perform_on_marked(op, True)
    
    def _do_delete_dupe(self, dupe, link_deleted, use_hardlinks, direct_deletion):
        if not dupe.path.exists():
            return
        logging.debug("Sending '%s' to trash", dupe.path)
        str_path = str(dupe.path)
        if direct_deletion:
            if op.isdir(str_path):
                shutil.rmtree(str_path)
            else:
                os.remove(str_path)
        else:
            send2trash(str_path) # Raises OSError when there's a problem
        if link_deleted:
            group = self.results.get_group_of_duplicate(dupe)
            ref = group.ref
            linkfunc = os.link if use_hardlinks else os.symlink
            linkfunc(str(ref.path), str_path)
        self.clean_empty_dirs(dupe.path.parent())
    
    def _create_file(self, path):
        # We add fs.Folder to fileclasses in case the file we're loading contains folder paths.
        return fs.get_file(path, self.directories.fileclasses + [fs.Folder])
    
    def _get_file(self, str_path):
        path = Path(str_path)
        f = self._create_file(path)
        if f is None:
            return None
        try:
            f._read_all_info(attrnames=self.METADATA_TO_READ)
            return f
        except EnvironmentError:
            return None
    
    def _get_export_data(self):
        columns = [col for col in self.result_table.columns.ordered_columns
            if col.visible and col.name != 'marked']
        colnames = [col.display for col in columns]
        rows = []
        for group_id, group in enumerate(self.results.groups):
            for dupe in group:
                data = self.get_display_info(dupe, group)
                row = [fix_surrogate_encoding(data[col.name]) for col in columns]
                row.insert(0, group_id)
                rows.append(row)
        return colnames, rows
    
    def _results_changed(self):
        self.selected_dupes = [d for d in self.selected_dupes
            if self.results.get_group_of_duplicate(d) is not None]
        self.notify('results_changed')
    
    def _start_job(self, jobid, func, args=()):
        title = JOBID2TITLE[jobid]
        try:
            self.progress_window.run(jobid, title, func, args=args) 
        except job.JobInProgressError:
            msg = tr("A previous action is still hanging in there. You can't start a new one yet. Wait a few seconds, then try again.")
            self.view.show_message(msg)
    
    def _job_completed(self, jobid):
        if jobid == JobType.Scan:
            self._results_changed()
            if not self.results.groups:
                self.view.show_message(tr("No duplicates found."))
            else:
                self.view.show_results_window()
        if jobid in {JobType.Load, JobType.Move, JobType.Delete}:
            self._results_changed()
        if jobid == JobType.Load:
            self.view.show_results_window()
        if jobid in {JobType.Copy, JobType.Move, JobType.Delete}:
            if self.results.problems:
                self.problem_dialog.refresh()
                self.view.show_problem_dialog()
            else:
                msg = {
                    JobType.Copy: tr("All marked files were copied successfully."),
                    JobType.Move: tr("All marked files were moved successfully."),
                    JobType.Delete: tr("All marked files were successfully sent to Trash."),
                }[jobid]
                self.view.show_message(msg)
    
    @staticmethod
    def _remove_hardlink_dupes(files):
        seen_inodes = set()
        result = []
        for file in files:
            try:
                inode = file.path.stat().st_ino
            except OSError:
                # The file was probably deleted or something
                continue
            if inode not in seen_inodes:
                seen_inodes.add(inode)
                result.append(file)
        return result
    
    def _select_dupes(self, dupes):
        if dupes == self.selected_dupes:
            return
        self.selected_dupes = dupes
        self.notify('dupes_selected')
    
    #--- Public
    def add_directory(self, d):
        """Adds folder ``d`` to :attr:`directories`.
        
        Shows an error message dialog if something bad happens.
        
        :param str d: path of folder to add
        """
        try:
            self.directories.add_path(Path(d))
            self.notify('directories_changed')
        except directories.AlreadyThereError:
            self.view.show_message(tr("'{}' already is in the list.").format(d))
        except directories.InvalidPathError:
            self.view.show_message(tr("'{}' does not exist.").format(d))
    
    def add_selected_to_ignore_list(self):
        """Adds :attr:`selected_dupes` to :attr:`scanner`'s ignore list.
        """
        dupes = self.without_ref(self.selected_dupes)
        if not dupes:
            self.view.show_message(MSG_NO_SELECTED_DUPES)
            return
        msg = tr("All selected %d matches are going to be ignored in all subsequent scans. Continue?")
        if not self.view.ask_yes_no(msg % len(dupes)):
            return
        for dupe in dupes:
            g = self.results.get_group_of_duplicate(dupe)
            for other in g:
                if other is not dupe:
                    self.scanner.ignore_list.Ignore(str(other.path), str(dupe.path))
        self.remove_duplicates(dupes)
        self.ignore_list_dialog.refresh()
    
    def apply_filter(self, filter):
        """Apply a filter ``filter`` to the results so that it shows only dupe groups that match it.
        
        :param str filter: filter to apply
        """
        self.results.apply_filter(None)
        if self.options['escape_filter_regexp']:
            filter = escape(filter, set('()[]\\.|+?^'))
            filter = escape(filter, '*', '.')
        self.results.apply_filter(filter)
        self._results_changed()
    
    def clean_empty_dirs(self, path):
        if self.options['clean_empty_dirs']:
            while delete_if_empty(path, ['.DS_Store']):
                path = path.parent()
    
    def copy_or_move(self, dupe, copy: bool, destination: str, dest_type: DestType):
        source_path = dupe.path
        location_path = first(p for p in self.directories if dupe.path in p)
        dest_path = Path(destination)
        if dest_type in {DestType.Relative, DestType.Absolute}:
            # no filename, no windows drive letter
            source_base = source_path.remove_drive_letter().parent()
            if dest_type == DestType.Relative:
                source_base = source_base[location_path:]
            dest_path = dest_path[source_base]
        if not dest_path.exists():
            dest_path.makedirs()
        # Add filename to dest_path. For file move/copy, it's not required, but for folders, yes.
        dest_path = dest_path[source_path.name]
        logging.debug("Copy/Move operation from '%s' to '%s'", source_path, dest_path)
        # Raises an EnvironmentError if there's a problem
        if copy:
            smart_copy(source_path, dest_path)
        else:
            smart_move(source_path, dest_path)
            self.clean_empty_dirs(source_path.parent())
    
    def copy_or_move_marked(self, copy):
        """Start an async move (or copy) job on marked duplicates.
        
        :param bool copy: If True, duplicates will be copied instead of moved
        """
        def do(j):
            def op(dupe):
                j.add_progress()
                self.copy_or_move(dupe, copy, destination, desttype)
            
            j.start_job(self.results.mark_count)
            self.results.perform_on_marked(op, not copy)
        
        if not self.results.mark_count:
            self.view.show_message(MSG_NO_MARKED_DUPES)
            return
        opname = tr("copy") if copy else tr("move")
        prompt = tr("Select a directory to {} marked files to").format(opname)
        destination = self.view.select_dest_folder(prompt)
        if destination:
            desttype = self.options['copymove_dest_type']
            jobid = JobType.Copy if copy else JobType.Move
            self._start_job(jobid, do)
    
    def delete_marked(self):
        """Start an async job to send marked duplicates to the trash.
        """
        if not self.results.mark_count:
            self.view.show_message(MSG_NO_MARKED_DUPES)
            return
        if not self.deletion_options.show(self.results.mark_count):
            return
        args = [self.deletion_options.link_deleted, self.deletion_options.use_hardlinks,
            self.deletion_options.direct]
        logging.debug("Starting deletion job with args %r", args)
        self._start_job(JobType.Delete, self._do_delete, args=args)
    
    def export_to_xhtml(self):
        """Export current results to XHTML.
        
        The configuration of the :attr:`result_table` (columns order and visibility) is used to
        determine how the data is presented in the export. In other words, the exported table in
        the resulting XHTML will look just like the results table.
        """
        colnames, rows = self._get_export_data()
        export_path = export.export_to_xhtml(colnames, rows)
        desktop.open_path(export_path)
    
    def export_to_csv(self):
        """Export current results to CSV.
        
        The columns and their order in the resulting CSV file is determined in the same way as in
        :meth:`export_to_xhtml`.
        """
        dest_file = self.view.select_dest_file(tr("Select a destination for your exported CSV"), 'csv')
        if dest_file:
            colnames, rows = self._get_export_data()
            export.export_to_csv(dest_file, colnames, rows)
    
    def get_display_info(self, dupe, group, delta=False):
        def empty_data():
            return {c.name: '---' for c in self.result_table.COLUMNS[1:]}
        if (dupe is None) or (group is None):
            return empty_data()
        try:
            return dupe.get_display_info(group, delta)
        except Exception as e:
            logging.warning("Exception on GetDisplayInfo for %s: %s", str(dupe.path), str(e))
            return empty_data()
    
    def invoke_custom_command(self):
        """Calls command in ``CustomCommand`` pref with ``%d`` and ``%r`` placeholders replaced.
        
        Using the current selection, ``%d`` is replaced with the currently selected dupe and ``%r``
        is replaced with that dupe's ref file. If there's no selection, the command is not invoked.
        If the dupe is a ref, ``%d`` and ``%r`` will be the same.
        """
        cmd = self.view.get_default('CustomCommand')
        if not cmd:
            msg = tr("You have no custom command set up. Set it up in your preferences.")
            self.view.show_message(msg)
            return
        if not self.selected_dupes:
            return
        dupe = self.selected_dupes[0]
        group = self.results.get_group_of_duplicate(dupe)
        ref = group.ref
        cmd = cmd.replace('%d', str(dupe.path))
        cmd = cmd.replace('%r', str(ref.path))
        match = re.match(r'"([^"]+)"(.*)', cmd)
        if match is not None:
            # This code here is because subprocess. Popen doesn't seem to accept, under Windows,
            # executable paths with spaces in it, *even* when they're enclosed in "". So this is
            # a workaround to make the damn thing work.
            exepath, args = match.groups()
            path, exename = op.split(exepath)
            subprocess.Popen(exename + args, shell=True, cwd=path)
        else:
            subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True)
    
    def load(self):
        """Load directory selection and ignore list from files in appdata.
        
        This method is called during startup so that directory selection and ignore list, which
        is persistent data, is the same as when the last session was closed (when :meth:`save` was
        called).
        """
        self.directories.load_from_file(op.join(self.appdata, 'last_directories.xml'))
        self.notify('directories_changed')
        p = op.join(self.appdata, 'ignore_list.xml')
        self.scanner.ignore_list.load_from_xml(p)
        self.ignore_list_dialog.refresh()
    
    def load_from(self, filename):
        """Start an async job to load results from ``filename``.
        
        :param str filename: path of the XML file (created with :meth:`save_as`) to load
        """
        def do(j):
            self.results.load_from_xml(filename, self._get_file, j)
        self._start_job(JobType.Load, do)
    
    def make_selected_reference(self):
        """Promote :attr:`selected_dupes` to reference position within their respective groups.
        
        Each selected dupe will become the :attr:`~core.engine.Group.ref` of its group. If there's
        more than one dupe selected for the same group, only the first (in the order currently shown
        in :attr:`result_table`) dupe will be promoted.
        """
        dupes = self.without_ref(self.selected_dupes)
        changed_groups = set()
        for dupe in dupes:
            g = self.results.get_group_of_duplicate(dupe)
            if g not in changed_groups:
                if self.results.make_ref(dupe):
                    changed_groups.add(g)
        # It's not always obvious to users what this action does, so to make it a bit clearer,
        # we change our selection to the ref of all changed groups. However, we also want to keep
        # the files that were ref before and weren't changed by the action. In effect, what this
        # does is that we keep our old selection, but remove all non-ref dupes from it.
        # If no group was changed, however, we don't touch the selection.
        if not self.result_table.power_marker:
            if changed_groups:
                self.selected_dupes = [d for d in self.selected_dupes
                    if self.results.get_group_of_duplicate(d).ref is d]
            self.notify('results_changed')
        else:
            # If we're in "Dupes Only" mode (previously called Power Marker), things are a bit
            # different. The refs are not shown in the table, and if our operation is successful,
            # this means that there's no way to follow our dupe selection. Then, the best thing to
            # do is to keep our selection index-wise (different dupe selection, but same index
            # selection).
            self.notify('results_changed_but_keep_selection')
    
    def mark_all(self):
        """Set all dupes in the results as marked.
        """
        self.results.mark_all()
        self.notify('marking_changed')
    
    def mark_none(self):
        """Set all dupes in the results as unmarked.
        """
        self.results.mark_none()
        self.notify('marking_changed')
    
    def mark_invert(self):
        """Invert the marked state of all dupes in the results.
        """
        self.results.mark_invert()
        self.notify('marking_changed')
    
    def mark_dupe(self, dupe, marked):
        """Change marked status of ``dupe``.
        
        :param dupe: dupe to mark/unmark
        :type dupe: :class:`~core.fs.File`
        :param bool marked: True = mark, False = unmark
        """
        if marked:
            self.results.mark(dupe)
        else:
            self.results.unmark(dupe)
        self.notify('marking_changed')
    
    def open_selected(self):
        """Open :attr:`selected_dupes` with their associated application.
        """
        if len(self.selected_dupes) > 10:
            if not self.view.ask_yes_no(MSG_MANY_FILES_TO_OPEN):
                return
        for dupe in self.selected_dupes:
            desktop.open_path(dupe.path)
    
    def purge_ignore_list(self):
        """Remove files that don't exist from :attr:`ignore_list`.
        """
        self.scanner.ignore_list.Filter(lambda f,s:op.exists(f) and op.exists(s))
        self.ignore_list_dialog.refresh()
    
    def remove_directories(self, indexes):
        """Remove root directories at ``indexes`` from :attr:`directories`.
        
        :param indexes: Indexes of the directories to remove.
        :type indexes: list of int
        """
        try:
            indexes = sorted(indexes, reverse=True)
            for index in indexes:
                del self.directories[index]
            self.notify('directories_changed')
        except IndexError:
            pass
    
    def remove_duplicates(self, duplicates):
        """Remove ``duplicates`` from :attr:`results`.
        
        Calls :meth:`~core.results.Results.remove_duplicates` and send appropriate notifications.
        
        :param duplicates: duplicates to remove.
        :type duplicates: list of :class:`~core.fs.File`
        """
        self.results.remove_duplicates(self.without_ref(duplicates))
        self.notify('results_changed_but_keep_selection')
    
    def remove_marked(self):
        """Removed marked duplicates from the results (without touching the files themselves).
        """
        if not self.results.mark_count:
            self.view.show_message(MSG_NO_MARKED_DUPES)
            return
        msg = tr("You are about to remove %d files from results. Continue?") 
        if not self.view.ask_yes_no(msg % self.results.mark_count):
            return
        self.results.perform_on_marked(lambda x:None, True)
        self._results_changed()
    
    def remove_selected(self):
        """Removed :attr:`selected_dupes` from the results (without touching the files themselves).
        """
        dupes = self.without_ref(self.selected_dupes)
        if not dupes:
            self.view.show_message(MSG_NO_SELECTED_DUPES)
            return
        msg = tr("You are about to remove %d files from results. Continue?") 
        if not self.view.ask_yes_no(msg % len(dupes)):
            return
        self.remove_duplicates(dupes)
    
    def rename_selected(self, newname):
        """Renames the selected dupes's file to ``newname``.
        
        If there's more than one selected dupes, the first one is used.
        
        :param str newname: The filename to rename the dupe's file to.
        """
        try:
            d = self.selected_dupes[0]
            d.rename(newname)
            return True
        except (IndexError, fs.FSError) as e:
            logging.warning("dupeGuru Warning: %s" % str(e))
        return False
    
    def reprioritize_groups(self, sort_key):
        """Sort dupes in each group (in :attr:`results`) according to ``sort_key``.
        
        Called by the re-prioritize dialog. Calls :meth:`~core.engine.Group.prioritize` and, once
        the sorting is done, show a message that confirms the action.
        
        :param sort_key: The key being sent to :meth:`~core.engine.Group.prioritize`
        :type sort_key: f(dupe)
        """
        count = 0
        for group in self.results.groups:
            if group.prioritize(key_func=sort_key):
                count += 1
        self._results_changed()
        msg = tr("{} duplicate groups were changed by the re-prioritization.").format(count)
        self.view.show_message(msg)
    
    def reveal_selected(self):
        if self.selected_dupes:
            desktop.reveal_path(self.selected_dupes[0].path)
    
    def save(self):
        if not op.exists(self.appdata):
            os.makedirs(self.appdata)
        self.directories.save_to_file(op.join(self.appdata, 'last_directories.xml'))
        p = op.join(self.appdata, 'ignore_list.xml')
        self.scanner.ignore_list.save_to_xml(p)
        self.notify('save_session')
    
    def save_as(self, filename):
        """Save results in ``filename``.
        
        :param str filename: path of the file to save results (as XML) to.
        """
        self.results.save_to_xml(filename)
    
    def start_scanning(self):
        """Starts an async job to scan for duplicates.
        
        Scans folders selected in :attr:`directories` and put the results in :attr:`results`
        """
        def do(j):
            j.set_progress(0, tr("Collecting files to scan"))
            if self.scanner.scan_type == scanner.ScanType.Folders:
                files = list(self.directories.get_folders(j))
            else:
                files = list(self.directories.get_files(j))
            if self.options['ignore_hardlink_matches']:
                files = self._remove_hardlink_dupes(files)
            logging.info('Scanning %d files' % len(files))
            self.results.groups = self.scanner.get_dupe_groups(files, j)
        
        if not self.directories.has_any_file():
            self.view.show_message(tr("The selected directories contain no scannable file."))
            return
        self.results.groups = []
        self._results_changed()
        self._start_job(JobType.Scan, do)
    
    def toggle_selected_mark_state(self):
        selected = self.without_ref(self.selected_dupes)
        if not selected:
            return
        if allsame(self.results.is_marked(d) for d in selected):
            markfunc = self.results.mark_toggle
        else:
            markfunc = self.results.mark
        for dupe in selected:
            markfunc(dupe)
        self.notify('marking_changed')
    
    def without_ref(self, dupes):
        """Returns ``dupes`` with all reference elements removed.
        """
        return [dupe for dupe in dupes if self.results.get_group_of_duplicate(dupe).ref is not dupe]
    
    def get_default(self, key, fallback_value=None):
        result = nonone(self.view.get_default(key), fallback_value)
        if fallback_value is not None and not isinstance(result, type(fallback_value)):
            # we don't want to end up with garbage values from the prefs
            try:
                result = type(fallback_value)(result)
            except Exception:
                result = fallback_value
        return result
    
    def set_default(self, key, value):
        self.view.set_default(key, value)
    
    #--- Properties
    @property
    def stat_line(self):
        result = self.results.stat_line
        if self.scanner.discarded_file_count:
            result = tr("%s (%d discarded)") % (result, self.scanner.discarded_file_count)
        return result