I figured it out. an errant open IndexWriter.
--- "Nguyen, Tri (NIH/NLM/LHC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did you close your writer if an Exception occured? > > I had a similiar problem, but it was fixed when i > close the writer in the > finally block. > > Below is my original code (which generate > Mjava.io.Exception: Lock obtain > timed out when an Exception is thrown) > > public static void index(File indexDir, List cList, > boolean ow) > throws Exception{ > IndexWriter writer = null; > try{ > writer = new IndexWriter(indexDir, new > MyAnalyzer(), overwrite); > // index documents > } > catch(Exception e){ > writer = new IndexWriter(indexDir, new > MyAnalyzer(), true); > try{ > // index documents > } > catch(Exception ee){ > throw ee; > } > } > writer.close(); // never reaches this statement > if the catch block is > called. > } > > > // revised code to force a close on the IndexWriter > public static void index(File indexDir, List cList, > boolean ow) > throws Exception{ > IndexWriter writer = null; > try{ > writer = new IndexWriter(indexDir, new > MyAnalyzer(), overwrite); > // index documents > writer.close(); > } > catch(Exception e){ > writer = new IndexWriter(indexDir, new > MyAnalyzer(), true); > try{ > // index documents > } > catch(Exception ee){ > throw ee; > } > finally{ > writer.close(); > } > } > } > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Gabe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 1:53 PM > To: Lucene Users List > Subject: Re: java.io.IOException: Lock obtain timed > out > > > Otis, > > I only put the unlock call in because I had the > error > in the first place. Removing it, the IOException > still > occurs, when trying to instantiate the IndexWriter. > > Thanks, > Gabe > > --- Otis Gospodnetic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > There is no need for that .unlock call, just > > .close() > > > > Otis > > > > --- Gabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I am using Lucene 1.3 final and am having an > error > > > that I can't seem to shake. Basically, I am > > updating a > > > Document in the index incrementally by calling > an > > > IndexReader to remove the document. This works. > > Then, > > > I close the IndexReader with the following code: > > > > > > reader.unlock(reader.directory()); > > > reader.close(); > > > > > > I put the first of the two lines in to try to > > force > > > the lock to disable. According to the logging, > > this > > > code is being called and the IndexReader is > being > > > closed. > > > > > > However, then I open a writer to add the > document, > > I > > > get the following. > > > > > > java.io.IOException: Lock obtain timed out > > > at > > > > org.apache.lucene.store.Lock.obtain(Lock.java:97) > > > at > > > > > > org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter.<init>(IndexWriter.java:173) > > > at > > > > > > ... > > > > > > I open the writer by calling: > > > return new IndexWriter(INDEX_DIR, analyzer, > > false); > > > > > > where analyzer=new StandardAnalyzer(); > > > > > > I get the reader by calling: > > > IndexReader reader=IndexReader.open(INDEX_DIR); > > > > > > Thanks for any help, > > > Gabe > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less > > spam > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam > http://mail.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]