I'll work on trying to reproduce it. I should also mention that I'm running the pure ruby version of ferret since the C one doesn't compile on freebsd yet.
On 5/2/06, David Balmain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Carl, > > I don't think this is a good idea. If the lock file is still open then > there are probably changes that still need to be written to the index. > Instead we should try and work out why this is happening. If you could > somehow write a failing test I'm sure I'll be able to fix this. > > Cheers, > Dave > > On 5/3/06, Carl Youngblood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm noticing that ferret-write.lck sometimes stays in my index > > directory and throws exceptions whenever someone tries to do a search. > > Apparently there are some cases where ferret doesn't realize that the > > file is old and can be deleted. I'm wondering what the best way to > > recover from this error is. Am I safe just writing a cron job that > > deletes this file if it is over 10 minutes old or something? Is there > > any additional cleanup that I need to do? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Carl > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ferret-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ferret-talk > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ferret-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ferret-talk > _______________________________________________ Ferret-talk mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ferret-talk

