Re: [Tracker] How to index certain directories only once?

[Martyn Russell <martyn lanedo com>]

On 26/09/11 09:10, Rainer M Krug wrote:
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> On 26/09/11 09:56, Martyn Russell wrote:
> > On 23/09/11 10:03, Rainer M Krug wrote:
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> > > Hi
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> > Hi,
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> > > I would like trigger the indexing of certain directories manuall,
> > > as they do not change much, or cnhange very regularly and the
> > > changes should not be indexed.
> > >
> > > Is there a way of achieving this, or is something like this on
> > > the feature idea list?
> >
> > There is a crawl-interval configuration option but it applies to
> > the entire miner-fs. So you can't do this per directory. Also, we
> > do check directories intelligently and don't just index on each
> > boot. So you shouldn't need this per directory.
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> But as I understand it, tracker is still watching these directories,
> and this is limited by a parameter in Linux, and consequently consumes
> resources.

Inotify monitors yes. But if set high enough that's not an issue for 
most people. Even with it on the default, it's not an issue for most 
people unless you have a LOT of directories.

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Regards,
Martyn

Founder and CEO of Lanedo GmbH.