Eduardo,
My guess would be that you could be suffering from bad blocks
on your drive. If you have AppleCare, you can use the free TechTool
Deluxe that they provide to scan for those. As for deleting that
file, read the article at...
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20061109235901299\
as they mention this file, I believe...
Entourage data Spotlight may not properly search Entourage data under some
circumstances. There are a few fixes for this issue:
* Open Entourage's preferences and press "rebuild" under Spotlight
Preferences
* Restart and wait a few minutes while Spotlight indexes the new data.
* Move the files "Microsoft Entourage.mdimporter" and Microsoft
"Office.mdimporter" from /Library/Spotlight to ~/Library/Spotlight and then use
the following command in the Terminal (the Terminal is located in
Applications/Utilities): mdimport
~/Library/Caches/Metadata/Microsoft/Entourage/2004
Jack
On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 01:34:20AM -0430, Eduardo Pestana wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day
> > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus
> > on
> > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with
> > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july
> > _______________________________________________
> > Fink-users mailing list
> > Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
> >
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day
trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on
what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with
Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july
_______________________________________________
Fink-users mailing list
Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
