Thanks Jason for quick reply and suggestion. I am definitely going to change directory implementation policy to have one .cfs file instead of hundreds in one directory.
regards, Ranjan ----- Original Message ---- From: Jason Rutherglen <jason.rutherg...@gmail.com> To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Sent: Tue, December 8, 2009 12:00:59 PM Subject: Re: IndexWriter creates multiple .cfs files RB, That's expected behavior, each .cfs corresponds to all of a segment's files. You could write your own directory implementation that underneath writes to a single file. It's usually good to present what you're trying to accomplish (i.e. the why). Jason On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:25 PM, Cool The Breezer <techcool.ku...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello Group, > I am continuously updating an index and at the same time > searcher also searches the index, which resulted in multiple .cfs files for > each commit by IndexWriter. I am not sure whether this is an expected > behavior or I need to merge each time after IndexWriter commits. In between > the writer's commit, I reopen the IndexReader but still .cfs files keep on > increasing. I would like to have one .cfs file which can be reopened > frequently by reader and at the same time progressive commit by writer. Is it > possible? > > - RB > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org