Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-java-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 44105 invoked from network); 26 Nov 2007 01:01:10 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 26 Nov 2007 01:01:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 94723 invoked by uid 500); 26 Nov 2007 01:00:52 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-java-user-archive@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 94678 invoked by uid 500); 26 Nov 2007 01:00:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact java-user-help@lucene.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list java-user@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 94667 invoked by uid 99); 26 Nov 2007 01:00:52 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:00:52 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [66.111.4.25] (HELO out1.smtp.messagingengine.com) (66.111.4.25) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:00:32 +0000 Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B1624CE58 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:00:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from web8.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.217]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:00:34 -0500 Received: by web8.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id 6EEDCCAE; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:00:34 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1196038834.7272.1223157885@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: Ob2sbyytFlTbWQ5oMYGFN0TilGtaIbGaVOXs/pEl56Py 1196038834 From: "Michael McCandless" To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface References: <123201.80313.qm@web59204.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: How to delete old index In-Reply-To: <123201.80313.qm@web59204.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:00:34 -0500 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org "Cool Coder" wrote: > Yes. Because I cannot close IndexReader in the live system. And also I > am running on Windows server. > At the end of index writing, I close writer and also reopen reader OK, I'm glad we have it explained! > writer.close() > reader.close(); > reader = IndexReader.open(luceneDirectory); > searcher = new IndexSearcher(reader); > > Still I can see old files. Is there still a way to delete old index > files. Just insert this: new IndexWriter(luceneDirectory, analyzer).close(); after you've reopened your reader above. That should prune all deletable files from the index. Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscribe@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-help@lucene.apache.org