On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Jerry Haltom wrote: > But if one can just reconstruct the indexes, what damnage can be done by > just copying them? What critical information do they hold?
If the index file goes missing, you'll lose most flag information (not seen state). Reconstruct tries to use this data if it is available when building a new index file. -Rob -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Rob Siemborski * Andrew Systems Group * Cyert Hall 207 * 412-268-7456 Research Systems Programmer * /usr/contributed Gatekeeper
