Dear Jack
I did as you said. I ran several times
lsof | grep mdimport
and the output was frozen at what is shown below at the end of this email.
Please take a look at the last two entries (I copied them right here)
> /Spotlight/Microsoft Office.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Office
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 4907776 7789405
> /Library/Spotlight/Microsoft
> Office.mdimporter/Contents/Frameworks/MetroFramework.framework/Versions/12/MetroFramework
>
It has been more than 2 years since I stopped using Microsoft Office. I
thought I had removed it completely.
Is it safe to remove the two aforementioned files?
Thanks,
Eduardo
$ lsof | grep mdimport
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 49264 9556274
> /System/Library/Spotlight/Application.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Application
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 121232 1854381
> /System/Library/Spotlight/RichText.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/RichText
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 103264 5469131
> /System/Library/Spotlight/PDF.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/PDF
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 42400 6841160
> /Applications/TeX/TeXShop.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/TeX.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/TeX
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 153760 5469115
> /System/Library/Spotlight/Image.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Image
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 78576 9941500
> /Developer/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/SourceCode.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/SourceCode
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 49728 1856285
> /System/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Archives
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 70592 9556292
> /System/Library/Spotlight/vCard.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/vCard
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 47808 1885741
> /System/Library/Spotlight/Bookmarks.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Bookmarks
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 46912 8541711
> /Applications/TeX/BibDesk.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/BibImporter.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/BibImporter
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 49616 5469143
> /System/Library/Spotlight/SystemPrefs.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/SystemPrefs
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 120624 5469106
> /System/Library/Spotlight/Audio.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Audio
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 38076 8732272
> /Applications/cyberDuck3.1.2folder/Cyberduck.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/Cyberduck
> Spotlight Importer.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Cyberduck Spotlight Importer
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 27780 5524942
> /Applications/DjView.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/DjVu.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/DjVu
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 61504 2523817
> /System/Library/Spotlight/iCal.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/iCal
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 89040 5469139
> /System/Library/Spotlight/PS.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/PS
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 97168 9556280
> /System/Library/Spotlight/Automator.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Automator
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 38300 11078
> /Applications/Black
> Ink.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/CrosswordImporter.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/CrosswordImporter
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 63184 8098536
> /System/Library/Spotlight/QuickTime.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/QuickTime
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 190416 544690
> /Library/Spotlight/iWeb.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/iWeb
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 69744 9013218
> /Applications/NeoOffice.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/neolight.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/neolight
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 1065908 544726
> /Library/Spotlight/Wolfram Notebook.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Wolfram
> Notebook
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 5913168 7789411
> /Library/Spotlight/Microsoft Office.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft
> Office
> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 4907776 7789405
> /Library/Spotlight/Microsoft
> Office.mdimporter/Contents/Frameworks/MetroFramework.framework/Versions/12/MetroFramework
>
>
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Jack Howarth <howa...@bromo.med.uc.edu>wrote:
> I believe if the indexing is choking on a corrupted file
> you can identify that while the indexing is hung with...
>
> lsof | grep mdimport
>
> from a Terminal window.
> Jack
>
>
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