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From: John Cordes <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Stale index (CDX) files
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 19:48:09 -0300
References: <20040702183715.GA18625@dal.ca><008001c4607f$f7841c80$6701a8c0@hpp1700>
In-Reply-To: <008001c4607f$f7841c80$6701a8c0@hpp1700>


Myrnice,

Thanks for the reply. When you say 'or reindex' does this mean that
opening TMG on the desktop will immediately, and automatically,
reindex the database, overwriting any stale .CDX files which may be
present? That is the nub of my original problem / question.

John

On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 06:00:18PM -0400, William M Roberts wrote:
> John
>
> Either delete the index files from the desktop before you copy all of the
> other files or reindex after you copy the files back to the desktop.
>
> Myrnice
>
> "John Cordes" wrote on Friday, July 02, 2004 2:37 PM
> Subject: [TMG] Stale index (CDX) files
>
>
> > I often run a script to copy my TMG files from a laptop to a
> > desktop; normally all new work gets done on the (faster) laptop.
> > I've recently stopped copying the .CDX files, since they are large,
> > and get regenerated if missing. However, it has occurred to me to
> > wonder if that is wise, since I don't know if new index files are
> > really getting created when TMG is run on the desktop. If they
> > aren't it seems quite possible (likely?) that corruption could occur
> > due to stale index files.
> >
> > Does anyone have some knowledge or experience relevant to this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
>
>
>
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