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| author | Sam Thursfield <sam@afuera.me.uk> | 2020-10-13 13:36:49 +0200 |
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| committer | Sam Thursfield <sam@afuera.me.uk> | 2020-10-13 13:36:49 +0200 |
| commit | faa9ad968d3784eb9563ebe4a0ddee36cf211931 (patch) | |
| tree | 8276d805dde23f1024eea9ed628825e39e1d3e85 | |
| parent | 782ceecbda91ae15ae8191e3e933099357c9d3a6 (diff) | |
| download | tracker-faa9ad968d3784eb9563ebe4a0ddee36cf211931.tar.gz | |
website/faq: Add info on troubleshooting indexing errors
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diff --git a/docs/website/faq.md b/docs/website/faq.md index 2da090c6d..a4076cd9c 100644 --- a/docs/website/faq.md +++ b/docs/website/faq.md @@ -37,6 +37,20 @@ Files named `.trackerignore`, `.git` and `.hg` have the same effect. You can configure this behaviour with the org.freedesktop.Tracker.Miner.Files `ignored-directories-with-content` GSettings key. +## When I search, I don't see all the results I expect. Why? + +If a file doesn't appear in search results, first check that the location is +indexed. From the commandline, you can run: + + $ tracker3 info $FILENAME + +This will show all the information stored about the file, if there is any. + +If the file should be indexed but nothing is shown, you can check +if there was an error while indexing. Use this command: + + $ tracker3 status $FILENAME + ## Why does Tracker consume resources on my PC? When you add or edit files, Tracker will update its index. This should be very |