Lucene tries to delete 'deletable' files every time index is modified.
The reason files can't be deleted is that those files are is use (thay
are open). (This is applicable mainly to Windows, as far as Linux allows
to delete files that are in use...)
If your files 'deletable' don't get deleted you should check if your
IndexReader/IndexSearcher are properly closed.
For Windows I suggest Utility 'ProcesExplorer' from Sysinternals. It can
show you what files are open by selected process and find out what
processes keep selected file open.
Dan Armbrust wrote:
If I am using lucene (daily build from ~ a month ago or so) on windows
- and when I merge two indexes together, I get a number of .cfs files
noted in my 'deleteable' file - but they never seem to actually be
deleted by lucene.
When does lucene try to delete these files - does it ever work on
windows? As far as I can tell, nothing should be holding a lock on
those files. Yet, even when I shut down the only jvm that is using
these indexes, and then open a new one, and perform a search, they
don't go away.
Thanks,
Dan
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regards,
Volodymyr Bychkoviak
