[Xapian-discuss] Question about embedding Xapian index in one file

[Wilm Schumacher]

Hi,

!!!Warning: Xapian-Newbie writing

1.) a possible solution: I would not do this by xapian, but by the
operating system. You could create a "moutable file", and mount it to a
directory of your choice and let Xapian read and write in this
directory. All changes would happen in this one file.

2.) just for clarification: why would you want such thing? What is the
advantage of this plan?

Best

Wilm


Am 27.11.2013 20:21, schrieb Emmanuel Engelhart:
> Hi,
> 
> Xapian uses a directory as standard storage backend. Is that possible to
> pack everything in a file (a tar file for example), and to tell
> libxapian to open it (by telling him at which offset are the different
> stuff)?
> 
> If this is not possible yet, would that be technically possible to
> implement such a feature? How complex would that be?
> 
> Kind regards
> Emmanuel
>