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    "recoll is a simple full-text search system for unix and linux

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      <h1>Preventing indexing in a directory</h1>

      

      <h2>Why would you want to do this ?</h2>

      <p>By default, recollindex (or the indexing thread inside the

	recoll QT user interface) will process your home directories and

	most its subdirectories, at the exception of some well known

	places (thumbnails, beagle and web browser caches, etc.)</p>



      <p>You may want to prevent indexing in some directories where

	you don't expect interesting search results. This will avoid

	polluting the search result lists, speed up indexing times and

	make the index smaller.</p>



      <h2>How to do it</h2>

      <p>There are two ways to block indexing at certain points:

	either by listing specific paths, or by directory name pattern

	matches.</p>

      <ul>

	<li><em>Blocking specific paths</em>: this is controlled by

	  the <tt>skippedPaths</tt> variable in the main configuration

	  file. You can adjust the value either by editing the file or

	  by using the indexing configuration dialog:

	  <span class="guimenu">Preferences->Indexing&nbsp;configuration->Global&nbsp;parameters->Skipped&nbsp;paths</span></li>



	<li><em>Using pattern matches</em>: these are listed in the

	  <tt>skippedNames</tt> variable in the main configuration file. You

	  can adjust the value either by editing the file or by using

	  the GUI:

	  <span class="guimenu">Preferences->Indexing&nbsp;configuration->Local&nbsp;parameters->Skipped&nbsp;names</span></li>



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