Re: [Tracker] Fwd: tracker-extract and log file

[Aleksander Morgado <aleksander lanedo com>]

> I have now a problem. Apparently, tracker-extract fail on some files,
> and I find it very difficult to get log information about the errors.
> let me describe the program flow:
>
> - first, tracker-control starts tracker-miner-fs
> - then, tracker-miner-fs browse the directories and ask
> tracker-extract (via dBus) to index some files
> - tracker-extract is started, overwriting the old tracker-extract.log file
>
> now:
>
> - tracker-extract fail on some file, it stops
> - tracker-miner-fs skips this file (I suppose) and continue on to the next file
> - on the next file, tracker-miner-fs calls tracker-extract
> - tracker-extract starts and overwrite the tracker-extract.log file
> containing precious information about the error
>
> is it possible to have a configuration option for all tracker
> executables that would append to the existing log file instead of
> overwriting it?

There is no such option, but may be useful in the case of
tracker-extract.

Anyway, for debugging errors on specific files with tracker-extract you
can always manually call it like:
   $> /usr/libexec/tracker-extract -f /path/to/file/with/problems
(the path of tracker-extract may be different in your system)

This is usually enough for debugging such errors.

Cheers,

-- 
Aleksander