I had this same problem a while back. It should be resolved if you move the writer = new IndexWriter(...) until after the reader.close(). I.e., complete all the deletions and close the reader before creating the writer.
Chuck > -----Original Message----- > From: MATL (Mats Lindberg) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 5:36 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: index, reindexing problem > > Hello. > > I have a problem when reindexing some documents after an index has been > created, i get an error, the error is the following. > caught a class java.io.IOException > > with message: Lock obtain timed out: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:\DOCUME~1\..........lucene-0b877c2d5472a608d6ec3ee6174018de-write > .lock > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\DOCUME~1\..........lucene-0b877c2d5472a608d6ec3ee6174018 > de-write.lock> > > > This is how i do it. > 1.st make the index (_indexDir is the location of the index) > writer = new IndexWriter(_indexDir, new StandardAnalyzer(), true); > > ..... do the indexing here > > writer.optimize(); > > writer.close(); > > this works fine > > > 2. this is where i get the error (reindex an existing document) > writer = new IndexWriter(_indexDir, new StandardAnalyzer(), false); > Directory directory; > > IndexReader reader; > > // if the file is in the index already, remove it > > directory = FSDirectory.getDirectory(_indexDir, false); > > reader = IndexReader.open(directory); > > try { > > Term term = new Term("deleteid", deleteID.toLowerCase()); > > if (reader.docFreq(term) >= 1) { > > deletedItems = reader.delete(term);// ----- this is where the error > occurs, i get the locking error > > } > > } catch (Exception e) { > > System.out.println(" caught a " + e.getClass() + "\n with message: " + > e.getMessage());} > > finally { > > reader.close(); > > directory.close(); > > } > > continue with reindexing the new document > > ...... > > > > I hope anyone can help me with this problem. > > > > Best regards, > > Mats Lindberg > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
