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== Preventing indexing in a directory
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=== Why would you want to do this ?
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By default, recollindex (or the indexing thread inside the recoll QT user
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interface) will process your home directories and most its subdirectories,
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at the exception of some well known places (thumbnails, beagle and web
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browser caches, etc.)
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You may want to prevent indexing in some directories where you don't expect
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interesting search results. This will avoid polluting the search result
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lists, speed up indexing times and make the index smaller.
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=== How to do it
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There are two ways to block indexing at certain points: either by listing
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specific paths, or by directory name pattern matches.
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- Blocking specific paths: this is controlled by the 'skippedPaths'
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variable in the main configuration file. You can adjust the value either
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by editing the file or by using the indexing configuration dialog:
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_Preferences->Indexing configuration->Global parameters->Skipped paths_
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- Using pattern matches: these are listed in the skippedNames variable in
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the main configuration file. You can adjust the value either by editing
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the file or by using the GUI: _Preferences->Indexing configuration->Local
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parameters->Skipped names_
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The
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link:../usermanual/webhelp/docs/RCL.INSTALL.CONFIG.RECOLLCONF.WHATDOCS.html[configuration
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section] of the manual has a bit more detail about the two variables.
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