Is there an example on how to do this (or can someone provide a sample code)?
I've been looking at the Lucene API, particularly at IndexCommitPoint and
IndexDeletionPolicy interfaces, but have no idea what I need to do in order
to implement a live backup. Any help would be appreciated.
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To: java-user@lucene.apache.org
Subject: Re: Copy index while updating the index
Here is one way to do it:
You can read/open an index at any point, even when it's being modified.
You can then open a new FSDirectory pointing to a new directory and add
your original FSDirectory to tha
You do need to be careful with this because if a writer commits while
you are copying you can easily get a copy that's unusable (is missing
files).
When you instantiate an IndexReader, it actually holds open most files
that it uses which protects them from being deleted. So in theory if
you coul
Here is one way to do it:
You can read/open an index at any point, even when it's being modified. You
can then open a new FSDirectory pointing to a new directory and add your
original FSDirectory to that new FSDirectory. That will copy the index. Of
course, any new documents you add to the or
