Re: [Tracker] Prevent removed files from being removed from the db

[Martyn Russell <martyn lanedo com>]

On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 10:07 -0400, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
> Hello,

Hello,

> I want to store lots of (valuable) additional metadata about my files in
> the tracker database.
>
> However, I am a little bit concerned about the safety of this
> information. Apparently, tracker deletes everything that is associated
> with a given file if it can't find the file itself.

If the file is indeed gone, it most likely makes sense to do that.

> Is there a way to make tracker keep all the information in the database,
> even if the file temporarily disappears?

We do something like this for mounted volumes. We have a
tracker:available flag that we use for exactly this case. If you notice,
the tracker-search command allows you to show all results or just those
available and exploits this feature.

> I'm worried about network failures, disconnected external drives,
> accidental renames of the directory etc.

Drives should be covered. Network failures on the other hand are an
interesting scenario. If this doesn't work, we should aim to fix that I
think.

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Regards,
Martyn