Unclear as to the different type of reindexing

[Rob Willett]

Hi,

I'm trying to understand the differences between the three various index options in the Indexing menu.

1. Update Index Entirely

2. Update Index in Folder

3. Rebuild Index...

I can see that "Update Index in Folder" is probably just adding a folder to the index. (Well I hope it is).

However what's the different between "Update Index Entirely" and "Rebuild Index" please?

Rob

[FoxTrot Engineering]

Rob Willett wrote:

>I'm trying to understand the differences between the three various index
>options in the Indexing menu.
>
>1. Update Index Entirely
>2. Update Index in Folder
>3. Rebuild Index...
>
>I can see that "Update Index in Folder" is probably just adding a folder to
>the index. (Well I hope it is).

Not exactly; "Update folder in index" (FoxTrot Personal) and "Update folder in running indices" (FoxTrot Pro) updates the files in the specified folder (in any depth), if this folder has already been indexed (or at least, in the case of a new folder, if it is contained in a folder already indexed).

>However what's the different between "Update Index Entirely" and "Rebuild
>Index" please?

"Update index entirely" (Personal) and "Update running indices entirely" (Pro) updates every files added, modified, or removed, which are located in an already indexed location. Unmodified files won't be reindexed, so this should be be faster than a complete rebuild, which should generally only be done to fix unexpected problems.



Jérôme - CTM Engineering


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