| Re: Missing files in index and other weirdness when updating the index. [message #268 is a reply to message #265] |
Thu, 05 March 2015 15:10   |
Arthur Elsenaar
Messages: 3
Registered: March 2015
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Thanks for the response! None of the cause cases you list apply. It is a
normal folder with no special attributes. It's name starts with an
underscore like many sibling folders; in this case named "_electronica",
which sits on a NAS share named "audio". But all this would not make FT
skip that folder does it? There are a few more files or perhaps folders
skipped, but have to find out which. If you need more info, let me know!
Thanks again!
On Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 10:14:33 AM UTC+1, FoxTrot Engineering wrote:
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> Arthur Elsenaar wrote:
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>> I then noticed known files to be
>> missing in the index. I select Update Folder in Index.. and point to the
>> containing folder. It finds another ~4000 files which got indexed fine
> and
>> are searchable. I run through some more folders in the same way and it
>> finds even more!
>>
>> Now, when I select Update Index Entirely from the menu, it re-indexes,
> but
>> when finished, it drops back to the first number of files in the index
> and
>> I have lost again the missing files...
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> What you describe can happen if, for some reason, the indexer skips all
> the contents of a folder when building or updating the whole index. When
> you do a manual partial update on a subfolder of the skipped folder, it
> gets successfully indexed, until you update the whole index and the
> originally skipped folder is skipped again.
>
> Here are some cases where a folder can be skipped:
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> - you have added it to the "skipping these subfolders" list
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> - this folder is hidden in the Finder (or should be hidden, in case the
> Finder has been configured to show hidden files); this is the case for
> filenames that name begin with a dot, or when the file or folder has an
> "invisible" attribute (unless if "also index hidden files and packages
> contents" is checked)
>
> - folders shown by the Finder as a simple files, like applications (.app)
> and other kinds of bundles or packages (unless if "also index hidden files
> and packages contents" is checked)
>
> Maybe some folders in your NAS have an attribute or specificity that make
> FoxTrot skip them... FoxTrot does not follow symbolic links, but I don't
> think this is your case, as the partial update should have not worked in
> this case. Can you determine which folder has been skipped (ie, none of its
> content has been indexed)?
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> Kind regards
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> Jérôme - CTM Engineering
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