Depends on the OS, I believe. Under UNIX your IndexReader should still have a handle to the file descriptor(s). Under Winblows....who knows. It probably wouldn't let you delete the index files, saying that some application is still using them.
Otis --- Eddie Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > What will happen is the index is deleted or can the index be deleted > if a > IndexReader is open? > > eddie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Cutting [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 06 January 2003 18:56 > To: Lucene Users List > Subject: Re: Lucene and thread safety > > > Lucene is thread and process safe. > > An IndexReader, once opened, always reflects the same state of the > index. To see changes made by another thread or process you must > open a > new IndexReader. > > Doug > > Joe Consumer wrote: > > I read a while back that Lucene is not thread safe. > > That was in the FAQ on Lucene at jakarta, but that was > > in June of 2001. Has there been any changes in this? > > I remember reading something that said Lucene was > > thread safe when I first starting looking at Lucene, > > but I don't recall the date of the article. > > > > I'm using Lucene right now and very happy with the > > results, but I need to know if I should try to > > accomodate for thread safety or not. What are the > > risks of doing "dirty reads"? > > > > thanks > > charlie > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
