Re: What is the baloo file indexer doing?
Am Samstag, 20. Dezember 2014, 10:48:01 schrieb Martin Steigerwald:
> Am Freitag, 19. Dezember 2014, 19:33:35 schrieb Volker Wysk:
> > Hi!
>
> Hi Volker,
>
> > Is there a way to tell, what the baloo file indexer is doing in the
> > background? It runs and runs, and I'm wondering, how much longer the
> > indexing will take.
>
> Several ways:
>
> 1) Stop the baloo_file process and start it on a konsole tab, you see its
> activity there then. A balooctl restart on a Konsole may do the trick as
> well.
"balooclt restart" works fine.
> 2) Run kdebugdialog and activate debug for baloo_file, then run tail -f
> ~/.xsession errors – This works as well, it may need a restart of Ballo file
> indexer tough.
I get the messages on the console.
> 3) With an running baloo_file process on the fly:
>
> strace -e stat -p $(pgrep baloo_file) 2>&1 | grep -v "share/baloo"
>
> if you want to see a bit more than use -e open
Yes, this works. I can see which files are being indexed, by calling "strace -e
trace=file -p ...".
> So check whether a file is index you can try balooshow command:
This works as well.
Thanx for your help!
Volker
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