: > How can I get a list of unnecessary files to delete them? : : I can get such information from deletable file under Win32 environment, : correct?
I've never used Lucene on windows, but if I recall correctly from past discussions on this topic, the IndexWriter will try to delete any file listed in deletable whenever it does any segment merging (ie: after adding some number of documents, when you call .optimize(), or when you call .close(). the only reason those files won't be deleted is if some IndexReader has them open -- in which cas you won't be able to delete them either, so don't worry about it. The safest thing to do is make sure you periodically reopen new IndexReaders, and if you're really in a hurry to get rid of those files, periodically open/close a new IndexWriter too (even if you don't need one) ... that should cause it to try to delete the files again. : > -----Original Message----- : > From: Koji Sekiguchi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : > Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 11:05 AM : > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org : > Subject: delete unnecessary files after optimize() : > : > : > Hello, : > : > My Tomcat application has several threads. These threads : > share a single instance of IndexSearcher to seach contents. : > : > At some point in time, I have the following index directory: : > : > -rwx------+ 1 admin admin 158622 Oct 16 10:21 _1pp.cfs : > -rwx------+ 1 admin admin 158622 Oct 16 10:21 _2kk.cfs : > -rwx------+ 1 admin admin 158622 Oct 16 10:21 _3ff.cfs : > -rwx------+ 1 admin admin 158622 Oct 16 10:21 _4aa.cfs : > -rwx------+ 1 admin admin 158614 Oct 16 10:20 _uu.cfs : > -rwx------+ 1 admin admin 4 Oct 16 10:21 deletable : > -rwx------+ 1 admin admin 64 Oct 16 10:21 segments : > : > In this moment, I want to optimize() the index. I can do it safely : > without interrupting Tomcat process. : > After optimizing the index, I get a new compounf file _4ab.cfs: : > : > -rwx------+ 1 admin admin 158622 Oct 16 10:21 _1pp.cfs : > -rwx------+ 1 admin admin 158622 Oct 16 10:21 _2kk.cfs : > -rwx------+ 1 admin admin 158622 Oct 16 10:21 _3ff.cfs : > -rwx------+ 1 admin admin 158622 Oct 16 10:21 _4aa.cfs : > -rwx------+ 1 admin admin 791622 Oct 16 10:21 _4ab.cfs : > -rwx------+ 1 admin admin 158614 Oct 16 10:20 _uu.cfs : > -rwx------+ 1 admin admin 48 Oct 16 10:21 deletable : > -rwx------+ 1 admin admin 29 Oct 16 10:21 segments : > : > Now I can let threads of Tomcat know that we have a new compound : > file so that servlet can reopen IndexSearcher to use new segments. : > But I want to delete old and unnecessary files (_1pp, _2kk, : > _3ff, _4aa and _uu .cfs files) after reopening IndexSearcher : > to save disk space. : > : > How can I get a list of unnecessary files to delete them? : > : > regards, : > : > Koji : > : > : > : > : > --------------------------------------------------------------------- : > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > : > : : : : --------------------------------------------------------------------- : To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : -Hoss --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
