index-files

Name

demo-index-files - Index all files under a directory.

Synopsis

lucene demo index-files \<INDEX_DIRECTORY> \<SOURCE_DIRECTORY> [-u|--update] [?|-h|--help]
lucene demo index-files [-src|--view-source-code] [-out|--output-source-code]

Description

This demo can be used to learn how to build a Lucene.Net index. After the index has been built, you can run the search-files demo to run queries against it.

Arguments

INDEX_DIRECTORY

The directory of the index.

SOURCE_DIRECTORY

The source directory containing the files to index. This directory will be analyzed recursively.

Options

?|-h|--help

Prints out a short help for the command.

-u|--update

Adds new documents to an existing index. If not supplied, any existing index in the INDEX_DIRECTORY will be overwritten.

-src|--view-source-code

Prints the source code to the console. Use SPACE or n to move to the next page of text, ENTER to scroll to the next line of text, q or x to quit.

-out|--output-source-code <DIRECTORY>

Outputs the source code to the specified directory.

Example

Indexes the contents of C:\Users\BGates\Documents\ and places the Lucene.Net index in X:\test-index\.

lucene demo index-files X:\test-index C:\Users\BGates\Documents