When my server restarts, I have a little procedure that validates and "sorts out" the index in case the server crashes mid-indexing/optimizing, what it does is it checks for locks and frees them if need be then it optimizes the whole thing (as a precaution) here's the code I use, try it out in your lucene init:
try { Directory directory = FSDirectory.getDirectory(indexPath,false); if ( directory.list().length == 0 ) clear() ; // Create a new index Lock writeLock = directory.makeLock(writeFileName); if (!writeLock.obtain()) { IndexReader.unlock(directory) ; } else { writeLock.release() ; } } catch (IOException e) { logger.error("Index Validate",e) ; } Try it out, hope it helps. Nader Henein -----Original Message----- From: Rosen Marinov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 5:52 PM To: Lucene Users List Subject: change directory Hi all, I have a good working index about 3 GB in one directory for example in c:/index1 now i want to change the computer and directory for example to d:/index2 (is this possible ???) and when i copy it to the new pc and directory on IndeaxReader(indexpath) i get java.io.IOException: Lock obtain timed out at org.apache.lucene.store.Lock.obtain(Lock.java:97) at org.apache.lucene.store.Lock$With.run(Lock.java:147) at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexReader.open before coping i closed all java aplications, index was with closed writers, readers, serachers, terms and etc ... i have finally clauses to close all this and shut down function, all my methods which works with index are synchronized. 10x fopr help in advance --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]