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From: "William M Roberts" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Stale index (CDX) files
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 18:59:02 -0400
References: <20040702183715.GA18625@dal.ca> <008001c4607f$f7841c80$6701a8c0@hpp1700> <20040702224809.GA31038@dal.ca>


John

No, You should click on File > Manteca > Reindex after you open TMG.

Myrnice

"John Cordes" wrote on Friday, July 02, 2004 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Stale index (CDX) files


> 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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