diff --git a/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp b/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp
index d7656c5c..e47c6efb 100644
--- a/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp
+++ b/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ static const string unsplitfilename_prefix = "XSFS";
 // Empty string md5s 
 static const string cstr_md5empty("d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e");
 
+static const int MB = 1024 * 1024;
+
 string version_string(){
     return string("Recoll ") + string(rclversionstr) + string(" + Xapian ") +
         string(Xapian::version_string());
@@ -122,7 +124,8 @@ Db::Native::Native(Db *db)
     : m_rcldb(db), m_isopen(false), m_iswritable(false),
       m_noversionwrite(false)
 #ifdef IDX_THREADS
-    , m_wqueue("DbUpd", m_rcldb->m_config->getThrConf(RclConfig::ThrDbWrite).first),
+    , m_wqueue("DbUpd", 
+	       m_rcldb->m_config->getThrConf(RclConfig::ThrDbWrite).first),
       m_loglevel(4),
       m_totalworkns(0LL), m_havewriteq(false)
 #endif // IDX_THREADS
@@ -352,6 +355,142 @@ int Db::Native::getPageNumberForPosition(const vector<int>& pbreaks,
     return it - pbreaks.begin() + 1;
 }
 
+bool Db::Native::addOrUpdateWrite(const string& udi, const string& uniterm, 
+				  Xapian::Document& newdocument, size_t textlen)
+{
+#ifdef IDX_THREADS
+    Chrono chron;
+    // In the case where there is a separate (single) db update
+    // thread, we only need to protect the update map update below
+    // (against interaction with threads calling needUpdate()). Else,
+    // all threads from above need to synchronize here
+    PTMutexLocker lock(m_mutex, m_havewriteq);
+#endif
+
+    // Check file system full every mbyte of indexed text. It's a bit wasteful
+    // to do this after having prepared the document, but it needs to be in
+    // the single-threaded section.
+    if (m_rcldb->m_maxFsOccupPc > 0 && 
+	(m_rcldb->m_occFirstCheck || 
+	 (m_rcldb->m_curtxtsz - m_rcldb->m_occtxtsz) / MB >= 1)) {
+	LOGDEB(("Db::add: checking file system usage\n"));
+	int pc;
+	m_rcldb->m_occFirstCheck = 0;
+	if (fsocc(m_rcldb->m_basedir, &pc) && pc >= m_rcldb->m_maxFsOccupPc) {
+	    LOGERR(("Db::add: stop indexing: file system "
+		    "%d%% full > max %d%%\n", pc, m_rcldb->m_maxFsOccupPc));
+	    return false;
+	}
+	m_rcldb->m_occtxtsz = m_rcldb->m_curtxtsz;
+    }
+
+    const char *fnc = udi.c_str();
+    string ermsg;
+
+    // Add db entry or update existing entry:
+    try {
+	Xapian::docid did = 
+	    xwdb.replace_document(uniterm, newdocument);
+#ifdef IDX_THREADS
+	// Need to protect against interaction with the up-to-date checks
+	// which also update the existence map
+	PTMutexLocker lock(m_mutex, !m_havewriteq);
+#endif
+	if (did < m_rcldb->updated.size()) {
+	    m_rcldb->updated[did] = true;
+	    LOGINFO(("Db::add: docid %d updated [%s]\n", did, fnc));
+	} else {
+	    LOGINFO(("Db::add: docid %d added [%s]\n", did, fnc));
+	}
+    } XCATCHERROR(ermsg);
+
+    if (!ermsg.empty()) {
+	LOGERR(("Db::add: replace_document failed: %s\n", ermsg.c_str()));
+	ermsg.erase();
+	// FIXME: is this ever actually needed?
+	try {
+	    xwdb.add_document(newdocument);
+	    LOGDEB(("Db::add: %s added (failed re-seek for duplicate)\n", 
+		    fnc));
+	} XCATCHERROR(ermsg);
+	if (!ermsg.empty()) {
+	    LOGERR(("Db::add: add_document failed: %s\n", ermsg.c_str()));
+	    return false;
+	}
+    }
+
+    // Test if we're over the flush threshold (limit memory usage):
+    bool ret = m_rcldb->maybeflush(textlen);
+#ifdef IDX_THREADS
+    m_totalworkns += chron.nanos();
+#endif
+    return ret;
+}
+
+bool Db::Native::purgeFileWrite(bool orphansOnly, const string& udi, 
+				const string& uniterm)
+{
+#if defined(IDX_THREADS) 
+    // We need a mutex even if we have a write queue (so we can only
+    // be called by a single thread) to protect about multiple acces
+    // to xrdb from subDocs() which is also called from needupdate()
+    // (called from outside the write thread !
+    PTMutexLocker lock(m_mutex);
+#endif // IDX_THREADS
+
+    string ermsg;
+    try {
+	Xapian::PostingIterator docid = xwdb.postlist_begin(uniterm);
+	if (docid == xwdb.postlist_end(uniterm)) {
+	    return true;
+        }
+	if (m_rcldb->m_flushMb > 0) {
+	    Xapian::termcount trms = xwdb.get_doclength(*docid);
+	    m_rcldb->maybeflush(trms * 5);
+	}
+	string sig;
+	if (orphansOnly) {
+	    Xapian::Document doc = xwdb.get_document(*docid);
+	    sig = doc.get_value(VALUE_SIG);
+	    if (sig.empty()) {
+		LOGINFO(("purgeFileWrite: got empty sig\n"));
+		return false;
+	    }
+	} else {
+	    LOGDEB(("purgeFile: delete docid %d\n", *docid));
+	    xwdb.delete_document(*docid);
+	}
+	vector<Xapian::docid> docids;
+	subDocs(udi, docids);
+	LOGDEB(("purgeFile: subdocs cnt %d\n", docids.size()));
+	for (vector<Xapian::docid>::iterator it = docids.begin();
+	     it != docids.end(); it++) {
+	    if (m_rcldb->m_flushMb > 0) {
+		Xapian::termcount trms = xwdb.get_doclength(*it);
+		m_rcldb->maybeflush(trms * 5);
+	    }
+	    string subdocsig;
+	    if (orphansOnly) {
+		Xapian::Document doc = xwdb.get_document(*it);
+		subdocsig = doc.get_value(VALUE_SIG);
+		if (subdocsig.empty()) {
+		    LOGINFO(("purgeFileWrite: got empty sig for subdoc??\n"));
+		    continue;
+		}
+	    }
+		
+	    if (!orphansOnly || sig != subdocsig) {
+		LOGDEB(("Db::purgeFile: delete subdoc %d\n", *it));
+		xwdb.delete_document(*it);
+	    }
+	}
+	return true;
+    } XCATCHERROR(ermsg);
+    if (!ermsg.empty()) {
+	LOGERR(("Db::purgeFileWrite: %s\n", ermsg.c_str()));
+    }
+    return false;
+}
 
 /* Rcl::Db methods ///////////////////////////////// */
 
@@ -515,7 +654,8 @@ bool Db::i_close(bool final)
 	bool w = m_ndb->m_iswritable;
 	if (w) {
 	    if (!m_ndb->m_noversionwrite)
-		m_ndb->xwdb.set_metadata(cstr_RCL_IDX_VERSION_KEY, cstr_RCL_IDX_VERSION);
+		m_ndb->xwdb.set_metadata(cstr_RCL_IDX_VERSION_KEY, 
+					 cstr_RCL_IDX_VERSION);
 	    LOGDEB(("Rcl::Db:close: xapian will close. May take some time\n"));
 #ifdef IDX_THREADS
 	    waitUpdIdle();
@@ -699,8 +839,45 @@ class TextSplitDb : public TextSplitP {
 	: TextSplitP(prc), 
 	  doc(d), basepos(1), curpos(0), wdfinc(1)
     {}
-    // Reimplement text_to_words to add start and end special terms
-    virtual bool text_to_words(const string &in);
+
+    // Reimplement text_to_words to insert the begin and end anchor terms.
+    virtual bool text_to_words(const string &in) 
+    {
+	bool ret = false;
+	string ermsg;
+
+	try {
+	    // Index the possibly prefixed start term.
+	    doc.add_posting(prefix + start_of_field_term, basepos, wdfinc);
+	    ++basepos;
+	} XCATCHERROR(ermsg);
+	if (!ermsg.empty()) {
+	    LOGERR(("Db: xapian add_posting error %s\n", ermsg.c_str()));
+	    goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!TextSplitP::text_to_words(in)) {
+	    LOGDEB(("TextSplitDb: TextSplit::text_to_words failed\n"));
+	    goto out;
+	}
+
+	try {
+	    // Index the possibly prefixed end term.
+	    doc.add_posting(prefix + end_of_field_term, basepos + curpos + 1, 
+			    wdfinc);
+	    ++basepos;
+	} XCATCHERROR(ermsg);
+	if (!ermsg.empty()) {
+	    LOGERR(("Db: xapian add_posting error %s\n", ermsg.c_str()));
+	    goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = true;
+
+    out:
+	basepos += curpos + 100;
+	return true;
+    }
 
     void setprefix(const string& pref) 
     {
@@ -725,44 +902,6 @@ private:
     int wdfinc;
 };
 
-// Reimplement text_to_words to insert the begin and end anchor terms.
-bool TextSplitDb::text_to_words(const string &in) 
-{
-    bool ret = false;
-    string ermsg;
-
-    try {
-	// Index the possibly prefixed start term.
-	doc.add_posting(prefix + start_of_field_term, basepos, wdfinc);
-	++basepos;
-    } XCATCHERROR(ermsg);
-    if (!ermsg.empty()) {
-	LOGERR(("Db: xapian add_posting error %s\n", ermsg.c_str()));
-	goto out;
-    }
-
-    if (!TextSplitP::text_to_words(in)) {
-	LOGDEB(("TextSplitDb: TextSplit::text_to_words failed\n"));
-	goto out;
-    }
-
-    try {
-	// Index the possibly prefixed end term.
-	doc.add_posting(prefix + end_of_field_term, basepos+curpos+1, wdfinc);
-	++basepos;
-    } XCATCHERROR(ermsg);
-    if (!ermsg.empty()) {
-	LOGERR(("Db: xapian add_posting error %s\n", ermsg.c_str()));
-	goto out;
-    }
-
-    ret = true;
-
-out:
-    basepos += curpos + 100;
-    return true;
-}
-
 class TermProcIdx : public TermProc {
 public:
     TermProcIdx() : TermProc(0), m_ts(0), m_lastpagepos(0), m_pageincr(0) {}
@@ -880,9 +1019,7 @@ void Db::setAbstractParams(int idxtrunc, int syntlen, int syntctxlen)
 	m_synthAbsWordCtxLen = syntctxlen;
 }
 
-static const int MB = 1024 * 1024;
 static const string cstr_nc("\n\r\x0c");
-
 #define RECORD_APPEND(R, NM, VAL) {R += NM + "=" + VAL + "\n";}
 
 // Add document in internal form to the database: index the terms in
@@ -1177,78 +1314,6 @@ bool Db::addOrUpdate(const string &udi, const string &parent_udi, Doc &doc)
 				   doc.text.length());
 }
 
-bool Db::Native::addOrUpdateWrite(const string& udi, const string& uniterm, 
-				  Xapian::Document& newdocument, size_t textlen)
-{
-#ifdef IDX_THREADS
-    Chrono chron;
-    // In the case where there is a separate (single) db update
-    // thread, we only need to protect the update map update below
-    // (against interaction with threads calling needUpdate()). Else,
-    // all threads from above need to synchronize here
-    PTMutexLocker lock(m_mutex, m_havewriteq);
-#endif
-
-    // Check file system full every mbyte of indexed text. It's a bit wasteful
-    // to do this after having prepared the document, but it needs to be in
-    // the single-threaded section.
-    if (m_rcldb->m_maxFsOccupPc > 0 && 
-	(m_rcldb->m_occFirstCheck || 
-	 (m_rcldb->m_curtxtsz - m_rcldb->m_occtxtsz) / MB >= 1)) {
-	LOGDEB(("Db::add: checking file system usage\n"));
-	int pc;
-	m_rcldb->m_occFirstCheck = 0;
-	if (fsocc(m_rcldb->m_basedir, &pc) && pc >= m_rcldb->m_maxFsOccupPc) {
-	    LOGERR(("Db::add: stop indexing: file system "
-		    "%d%% full > max %d%%\n", pc, m_rcldb->m_maxFsOccupPc));
-	    return false;
-	}
-	m_rcldb->m_occtxtsz = m_rcldb->m_curtxtsz;
-    }
-
-    const char *fnc = udi.c_str();
-    string ermsg;
-
-    // Add db entry or update existing entry:
-    try {
-	Xapian::docid did = 
-	    xwdb.replace_document(uniterm, newdocument);
-#ifdef IDX_THREADS
-	// Need to protect against interaction with the up-to-date checks
-	// which also update the existence map
-	PTMutexLocker lock(m_mutex, !m_havewriteq);
-#endif
-	if (did < m_rcldb->updated.size()) {
-	    m_rcldb->updated[did] = true;
-	    LOGINFO(("Db::add: docid %d updated [%s]\n", did, fnc));
-	} else {
-	    LOGINFO(("Db::add: docid %d added [%s]\n", did, fnc));
-	}
-    } XCATCHERROR(ermsg);
-
-    if (!ermsg.empty()) {
-	LOGERR(("Db::add: replace_document failed: %s\n", ermsg.c_str()));
-	ermsg.erase();
-	// FIXME: is this ever actually needed?
-	try {
-	    xwdb.add_document(newdocument);
-	    LOGDEB(("Db::add: %s added (failed re-seek for duplicate)\n", 
-		    fnc));
-	} XCATCHERROR(ermsg);
-	if (!ermsg.empty()) {
-	    LOGERR(("Db::add: add_document failed: %s\n", ermsg.c_str()));
-	    return false;
-	}
-    }
-
-    // Test if we're over the flush threshold (limit memory usage):
-    bool ret = m_rcldb->maybeflush(textlen);
-#ifdef IDX_THREADS
-    m_totalworkns += chron.nanos();
-#endif
-    return ret;
-}
-
 #ifdef IDX_THREADS
 void Db::waitUpdIdle()
 {
@@ -1602,71 +1667,6 @@ bool Db::purgeOrphans(const string &udi)
     return m_ndb->purgeFileWrite(true, udi, uniterm);
 }
 
-bool Db::Native::purgeFileWrite(bool orphansOnly, const string& udi, 
-				const string& uniterm)
-{
-#if defined(IDX_THREADS) 
-    // We need a mutex even if we have a write queue (so we can only
-    // be called by a single thread) to protect about multiple acces
-    // to xrdb from subDocs() which is also called from needupdate()
-    // (called from outside the write thread !
-    PTMutexLocker lock(m_mutex);
-#endif // IDX_THREADS
-
-    string ermsg;
-    try {
-	Xapian::PostingIterator docid = xwdb.postlist_begin(uniterm);
-	if (docid == xwdb.postlist_end(uniterm)) {
-	    return true;
-        }
-	if (m_rcldb->m_flushMb > 0) {
-	    Xapian::termcount trms = xwdb.get_doclength(*docid);
-	    m_rcldb->maybeflush(trms * 5);
-	}
-	string sig;
-	if (orphansOnly) {
-	    Xapian::Document doc = xwdb.get_document(*docid);
-	    sig = doc.get_value(VALUE_SIG);
-	    if (sig.empty()) {
-		LOGINFO(("purgeFileWrite: got empty sig\n"));
-		return false;
-	    }
-	} else {
-	    LOGDEB(("purgeFile: delete docid %d\n", *docid));
-	    xwdb.delete_document(*docid);
-	}
-	vector<Xapian::docid> docids;
-	subDocs(udi, docids);
-	LOGDEB(("purgeFile: subdocs cnt %d\n", docids.size()));
-	for (vector<Xapian::docid>::iterator it = docids.begin();
-	     it != docids.end(); it++) {
-	    if (m_rcldb->m_flushMb > 0) {
-		Xapian::termcount trms = xwdb.get_doclength(*it);
-		m_rcldb->maybeflush(trms * 5);
-	    }
-	    string subdocsig;
-	    if (orphansOnly) {
-		Xapian::Document doc = xwdb.get_document(*it);
-		subdocsig = doc.get_value(VALUE_SIG);
-		if (subdocsig.empty()) {
-		    LOGINFO(("purgeFileWrite: got empty sig for subdoc??\n"));
-		    continue;
-		}
-	    }
-		
-	    if (!orphansOnly || sig != subdocsig) {
-		LOGDEB(("Db::purgeFile: delete subdoc %d\n", *it));
-		xwdb.delete_document(*it);
-	    }
-	}
-	return true;
-    } XCATCHERROR(ermsg);
-    if (!ermsg.empty()) {
-	LOGERR(("Db::purgeFileWrite: %s\n", ermsg.c_str()));
-    }
-    return false;
-}
-
 bool Db::dbStats(DbStats& res)
 {
     if (!m_ndb || !m_ndb->m_isopen)
diff --git a/src/rcldb/rcldoc.cpp b/src/rcldb/rcldoc.cpp
index 21752c1b..92b05df1 100644
--- a/src/rcldb/rcldoc.cpp
+++ b/src/rcldb/rcldoc.cpp
@@ -19,31 +19,32 @@
 #include "debuglog.h"
 
 namespace Rcl {
-    const string Doc::keyurl("url");
+    const string Doc::keyabs("abstract");
+    const string Doc::keyanc("rclanc");
+    const string Doc::keyapptg("rclaptg");
+    const string Doc::keyau("author");
+    const string Doc::keybcknd("rclbes");
+    const string Doc::keybght("beagleHitType");
+    const string Doc::keycc("collapsecount");
     const string Doc::keychildurl("childurl");
-    const string Doc::keyfn("filename");
-    const string Doc::keyipt("ipath");
-    const string Doc::keytp("mtype");
-    const string Doc::keyfmt("fmtime");
     const string Doc::keydmt("dmtime");
+    const string Doc::keyds("dbytes");
+    const string Doc::keyfmt("fmtime");
+    const string Doc::keyfn("filename");
+    const string Doc::keyfs("fbytes");
+    const string Doc::keyipt("ipath");
+    const string Doc::keykw("keywords");
+    const string Doc::keymd5("md5");
     const string Doc::keymt("mtime");
     const string Doc::keyoc("origcharset");
     const string Doc::keypcs("pcbytes");
-    const string Doc::keyfs("fbytes");
-    const string Doc::keyds("dbytes");
-    const string Doc::keysz("size");
-    const string Doc::keysig("sig");
     const string Doc::keyrr("relevancyrating");
-    const string Doc::keycc("collapsecount");
-    const string Doc::keyabs("abstract");
-    const string Doc::keyau("author");
+    const string Doc::keysig("sig");
+    const string Doc::keysz("size");
+    const string Doc::keytp("mtype");
     const string Doc::keytt("title");
-    const string Doc::keykw("keywords");
-    const string Doc::keymd5("md5");
-    const string Doc::keybcknd("rclbes");
     const string Doc::keyudi("rcludi");
-    const string Doc::keyapptg("rclaptg");
-    const string Doc::keybght("beagleHitType");
+    const string Doc::keyurl("url");
 
     void Doc::dump(bool dotext) const
     {
diff --git a/src/rcldb/rcldoc.h b/src/rcldb/rcldoc.h
index fcde6dd2..2e366301 100644
--- a/src/rcldb/rcldoc.h
+++ b/src/rcldb/rcldoc.h
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ class Doc {
     static const string keyudi;
     static const string keyapptg; // apptag. Set from localfields (fsindexer)
     static const string keybght;  // beagle hit type ("beagleHitType")
+    // Boolean used to indicate if the doc has descendants in the ipath sense
+    // (different from the file/contend parent_udi thing).
+    static const string keyanc;  
 };