We don't have a -9 in the file. It isn't a valid lucene segments file, as it only contains zeros.
We're wondering why this opens in Luke, and why the CheckIndex reports that the index is OK. -----Original Message----- From: mark harwood [mailto:markharw...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: 28 June 2011 13:09 To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: Corrupt segments file full of zeros According to the spec there should at least be an Int32 of -9 to declare the Format - http://lucene.apache.org/java/2_9_3/fileformats.html#Segments File ----- Original Message ---- From: Uwe Schindler <u...@thetaphi.de> To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Sent: Tue, 28 June, 2011 12:32:34 Subject: RE: Corrupt segments file full of zeros So where is the problem at all? Why should a segments file not contain lots of zeroes? If the index is not corrupt all is fine. ----- Uwe Schindler H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen http://www.thetaphi.de eMail: u...@thetaphi.de > -----Original Message----- > From: Tarr, Gregory [mailto:gregory.t...@detica.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 11:56 AM > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: RE: Corrupt segments file full of zeros > > Yes I have done that, and you just get "No problems were detected with this > index" > > Surely there is a major problem with this index? > > Also the check() procedure takes a long time - is there any way you can just > do a health check on the segments file? > > Thanks > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shai Erera [mailto:ser...@gmail.com] > Sent: 28 June 2011 10:36 > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: Corrupt segments file full of zeros > > You can try the CheckIndex tool. You feed it a directory and call > .check() and it reports the results. > > Shai > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Tarr, Gregory > <gregory.t...@detica.com>wrote: > > > We have a problem with our fileserver where our indexes are hosted > > remotely, using Lucene 2.9.3. > > > > This can mean that a segments file is written which is full of ASCII > > zeros. Using the od -ah command, we get: > > > > 0000000 nul nul nul nul nul nul nul....etc > > > > If opened in Luke, the index opens successfully but has zero > documents. > > > > Why does this open correctly in luke, and is there a procedure in the > > lucene code that can verify a segments file, e.g. check whether it > > refers to any segments? > > > > Thanks > > > > Greg > > > > > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > > > This message should be regarded as confidential. 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