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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> | 2020-10-20 20:08:15 +0200 |
commit | b4e25ded431fce4aa7e61bb03f78e33a201bfd39 (patch) | |
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parent | 0b3071348ed49200658a5d0c8f6e7c6ba687f226 (diff) | |
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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 |