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Posted to java-user@lucene.apache.org by spinergywmy <sp...@gmail.com> on 2006/11/20 12:48:22 UTC

Delete contents from index

Hi,

   How can I delete the contents from Index file? Is there any example that
I can refer to?

   Thanks.


regards,
Wooi Meng
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Re: Delete contents from index

Posted by Michael McCandless <lu...@mikemccandless.com>.

spinergywmy wrote:

>    How can I delete the contents from Index file? Is there any example that
> I can refer to?

Just create an IndexWriter with the 3rd boolean argument (create) set to 
true.  This will remove any existing files.

Alternatively, you can use FSDirectory.getDirectory(<path-to-index>, true).

Mike

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