On 16 Jun 2001 01:25:38 -0400, Duncan Mak wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 10:46:18PM -0400, Michael Leone wrote:
> > Howdy all.
> >
> > What, exactly, is the .ibex file? I have (at least) one that's large
> > than the mbox file. Is it some kind of index file?
>
> Yes, the ibex file is the index file. For more info, see,
> http://www.ximian.com/tech/ibex.php3
OK; thanks.
I still don't understand this, tho ..
(original mail folder)
[turgon@minas-aran LRP]$ ls -la
total 7278
drwxr-xr-x 2 turgon turgon 146 Jun 16 11:30 ./
drwxr-xr-x 41 turgon turgon 1035 Jun 10 13:26 ../
-rwxr-xr-x 1 turgon turgon 63 Jan 19 23:23
folder-metadata.xml*
-rw------- 1 turgon turgon 3307193 Jun 15 20:00 mbox
-rwxr-xr-x 1 turgon turgon 124308 Jun 15 22:42 mbox.ev-summary*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 turgon turgon 4006400 Jun 15 22:42 mbox.ibex*
(delete/expunge 100+ emails from LRP folder)
[turgon@minas-aran LRP]$ ls -la
total 6582
drwxr-xr-x 2 turgon turgon 146 Jun 16 11:31 ./
drwxr-xr-x 41 turgon turgon 1035 Jun 10 13:26 ../
-rwxr-xr-x 1 turgon turgon 63 Jan 19 23:23
folder-metadata.xml*
-rw------- 1 turgon turgon 2596623 Jun 16 11:31 mbox
-rwxr-xr-x 1 turgon turgon 124308 Jun 16 11:31 mbox.ev-summary*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 turgon turgon 4006400 Jun 16 11:31 mbox.ibex*
[turgon@minas-aran LRP]$
Why would the index be close to twice as large as the file it's
indexing? I deleted/expunged many mails from this folder, and the mbox
size went from 3.3M down to the 2.59M you see above. Yet the .ibex file
size stayed the same, at 4M. Wouldn't it have also gone down, since
there was now over 100 emails less to index?
Or am I totally offbase here?
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