Re: [Tracker] update of changes while trackerd wasn't running and nowatchdir question

[jamie <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 13:08 +0200, BjÃrn Martensen wrote:
> hey,
>
> i'd like to know if tracker can find changes in the filesystem, which
> happened while it wasn't running and then index or remove the created or
> deleted files.
>
> for example when i create a file in a watched dir and tracker wasn't
> running. since tracker has a list of all files in those dirs, can or
> does it see that this is a new file and will index the file?
> i'm asking, because i had some folders and removed them while trackerd
> wasn't running. couldn't tracker see that those folder doesn't exist
> anymore when it's started, and remove it from the index? because those
> folders where still found when i searched for them.
>
> another thing is the nowatchdir option:
> when i add a folder to the nowatchdirs, shouldn't tracker not list
> anything which is in that folder anymore? i added a folder to the
> nowatchdir after it was indexed, so tracker still has those files
> indexed. i would think it would be better to remove anything which is in
> nowatchdirs from the index when tracker is restarted or upon change (via
> the tracker-preferences gui).
>
> maybe i musunderstand some things, so i'd like to get some information
> or opinions on these.

the first one should have been fixed but maybe I introduced a bug there
in my chnages - I will investigate this

the second one is on our todo list.


thx

jamie.