From: Phil G. <ph...@gl...> - 2001-11-04 04:23:38
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At 10:56 PM 11/3/2001 -0500, you wrote: >You're confused as to what the -a flag does. It simply allows you to work >on alternate copies of your databases--so htsearch can access the data >while you're indexing. > >It's most certainly faster to update databases (e.g. as done by the >rundig.sh script) than to create them from scratch. Thanks for the clarification. Is garbage collection an issue? I'm indexing around 35000 files. Each day brings in 200-300 new ones, with the same number being deleted. The deleted ones never return. At some point would it be advisable to start with a clean database? |