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recollindex: do not retry files which previously failed to be indexed, except if they were changed since, or option -k is set

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Jean-Francois Dockes
2015-04-23 10:37:37 +02:00
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to the indexing command (<command>recollindex</command>
<option>-z</option> or <option>-Z</option>).</para>
<para><command>recollindex</command> skips files which caused an
error during a previous pass. This is a performance
optimization, and a new behaviour in version 1.21 (failed files
were always retried by previous versions). The command line
option <option>-k</option> can be set to retry failed files, for
example after updating a filter.</para>
<para>The following sections give an overview of different
aspects of the indexing processes and configuration, with links
to detailed sections.</para>
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querying while it is rebuilt, which can be a significant
advantage if it is very big (some installations need days
for a full index rebuild).</para>
<para>Option <option>-k</option> will force retrying files
which previously failed to be indexed, for example because
of a missing helper program.</para>
<para>Of special interest also, maybe, are
the <option>-i</option> and
<option>-f</option> options. <option>-i</option> allows
indexing an explicit list of files (given as command line
parameters or read on <literal>stdin</literal>).
<option>-f</option> tells
the <option>-i</option> and <option>-f</option>
options. <option>-i</option> allows indexing an explicit
list of files (given as command line parameters or read on
<literal>stdin</literal>). <option>-f</option> tells
<command>recollindex</command> to ignore file selection
parameters from the configuration. Together, these options allow
building a custom file selection process for some area of the
file system, by adding the top directory to the
<varname>skippedPaths</varname> list and using an appropriate
file selection method to build the file list to be fed to
<command>recollindex</command> <option>-if</option>.
Trivial example:</para>
parameters from the configuration. Together, these options
allow building a custom file selection process for some area
of the file system, by adding the top directory to the
<varname>skippedPaths</varname> list and using an
appropriate file selection method to build the file list to
be fed to <command>recollindex</command>
<option>-if</option>. Trivial example:</para>
<programlisting>
find . -name indexable.txt -print | recollindex -if
</programlisting>