[recoll-user] Re: Moving an indexed directory tree

Theo Wollenleben writes:
 > 
 > Is it possible to move an indexed directory subtree without reindexing
 > the files? I've indexed over 6 GB of files which I need to move to
 > another disk.  I want to keep the index and make it point to the new
 > location of the files.
 > 

Sorry about the delay, I was without email for a few days.

There is currently no way to move an indexed file-tree without reindexing,
the full paths are stored inside the index, both in the document data
records and as the base data of document identifiers, and it would be
complicated to write utility code for changing the path origins.

You can use symbolic links for the "topdirs" elements though, I suppose
that this may be at least a temporary solution.

Regards,

J.F.

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