[tracker/sam/website-faq-update: 14/16] website/faq: Add info on troubleshooting indexing errors
- From: Sam Thursfield <sthursfield src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [tracker/sam/website-faq-update: 14/16] website/faq: Add info on troubleshooting indexing errors
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:12:11 +0000 (UTC)
commit b4e25ded431fce4aa7e61bb03f78e33a201bfd39
Author: Sam Thursfield <sam afuera me uk>
Date: Tue Oct 13 13:36:49 2020 +0200
website/faq: Add info on troubleshooting indexing errors
docs/website/faq.md | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
---
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
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