--- a/src/INSTALL
+++ b/src/INSTALL
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@
* MS Word: antiword.
* MS Excel and PowerPoint: catdoc.
+
+ * Wordperfect files: libwpd.
* RTF: unrtf
@@ -268,8 +270,8 @@
Specifies the list of directories or files to index (recursively
for directories). The indexer will not follow symbolic links
- inside the indexed trees. If an entry in the topdirs list is a
- symbolic link, indexing will not start and will generate an error.
+ inside the indexed trees by default (see the followLinks options
+ though).
dbdir
@@ -318,6 +320,15 @@
skippedPaths = ~/somedir/*.txt
+
+ followLinks
+
+ Specifies if the indexer should follow symbolic links while
+ walking the file tree. The default is to ignore symbolic links to
+ avoid multiple indexing of linked files. No effort is made to
+ avoid duplication when this option is set to true. This option can
+ be set individually for each of the topdirs members by using
+ sections. It can not be changed below the topdirs level.
loglevel,daemloglevel