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diff --git a/Documentation/public-inbox-extindex.pod b/Documentation/public-inbox-extindex.pod index 2e2e6383..a0fca83c 100644 --- a/Documentation/public-inbox-extindex.pod +++ b/Documentation/public-inbox-extindex.pod @@ -40,6 +40,28 @@ C<indexlevel> set to C<basic> and their respective Xapian public-inboxes where cross-posting is common, this allows significant space savings on Xapian indices. +=item --gc + +Perform garbage collection instead of indexing. Use this if +inboxes are removed from the extindex, or if messages are +purged or removed from some inboxes. + +=item --reindex + +Forces a re-index of all messages in the extindex. This can be +used for in-place upgrades and bugfixes while read-only server +processes are utilizing the index. Keep in mind this roughly +doubles the size of the already-large Xapian database. + +The extindex locks will be released roughly every 10s to +allow L<public-inbox-mda(1)> and L<public-inbox-watch(1)> +processes to write to the extindex. + +=item --fast + +Used with C<--reindex>, it will only look for new and stale +entries and not touch already-indexed messages. + =back =head1 FILES |