Anyone out there use Search Files module?

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Posted by vfranklyn on March 23, 2010 at 4:34pm

I've been trying to use Search Files module to index pdfs on my website. So far I haven't got it to work. I think I may have the directory path wrong. My files are in the following:

sites/default/files

I've tried various relative paths and none of them seem to index. At least I think that's what's going on. Anyone out there able to point me in the right direction?

Thanks so much!

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Your directory setting seems

Posted by jay_N on April 24, 2010 at 4:35pm
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Your directory setting seems fine to me, mine is in the same format (no starting slash, no trailing slash, starting with 'sites') and works fine.

Have you tested the helper apps? The only thing that comes out of the box on Linux is 'cat' (which renders text files), so the PDF/Word/Excel/PPT rendering applications are probably not installed. It is good start to start out with a simple setup: upload a text file, make sure it is indexed (the database table is search_files_files), then search for it.

Also be aware that the module only indexes once a day. You can get around this during testing by following these directions: http://drupal.org/node/334386

Good luck!

Not working yet

Posted by designmyweb on May 14, 2011 at 1:11pm
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Hi,

I am also trying to use this module without much of success. Have you got this working on your website?

Checked all configuration, still showing

Last Index = 2011-05-14 18:34:51
Files indexed = 0
Files indexed and scheduled for reindexing = 0
Directory Rescan Age = 10 [sec]
Next Directory (Re-)Scan at or after = 2011-05-14 18:35:01
Number of Directories configured = 1
Files found in configured Directories and Subdirectories = 0
Files without index attempt = 0

Cron ran successfully.

Please help.
Thank you

Your concerns may receive

Posted by c4rl on May 15, 2011 at 5:17pm
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Your concerns may receive more attention if you post them in the project issue queue rather than on groups.drupal.org. See http://drupal.org/project/issues/search_files?categories=All

I couldn't get it to work, so

Posted by vfranklyn on May 16, 2011 at 5:29pm
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I couldn't get it to work, so we aren't using it.

Thanks!

Posted by vfranklyn on April 30, 2010 at 8:31pm
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Thanks fm_jay, I'll give it a shot and post the outcome. I really appreciate your help!

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