On 9/10/10 7:00 AM, Frank Wesemann wrote: > Hello, > if I am trying to create a new SolrCore based on an extisting one via > the CoreAdmin HTTP API, > > http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/cores?action=CREATE&name=newCore&instanceDir=old_instance&schema=newSchema.xml&dataDir=newdata > <http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/cores?action=CREATE&name=coreX&instanceDir=path_to_instance_directory&config=config_file_name.xml&schema=schem_file_name.xml&dataDir=data> > > > the dataDir parameter is ignored. > Instead the dataDir from the solrconfig.xml is taken in account. > > I had a look at the Sources and saw that the CoreContainer's create() > method, > calls the SolrCore Construktor with an dataDir value of "null", which > leads to a dataDir primarily read from the config and not from the > CoreDescriptior. > > Shouldn't the CoreDescriptor, being more specific, take precedence over > the config? >
I think so - what version of Solr are you using? I believe I've changed this on trunk a few months ago. - Mark
