[TYPO3-dam] use of .indexing.setup.xml? they seem to do nothing here :(

[Dan Osipov]

I'll try to look into it.

Were you successful in finding documentation for the .indexing.setup.xml?

Dan Osipov
Calkins Media
http://danosipov.com/blog/

Franz Koch wrote:
> Hi Dan,
> 
>> Are you using dam_cron, dam_index, or both?
> 
> I'm using both as I need both. The customer should be able to upload 
> files via FTP (needed for large files like demo videos etc.) and index 
> them manually for immediate use, but he should also be able to simply 
> upload f.e. some images that get automatically indexed via the cron job.
> 
> It would be sufficient to run the cronjob f.e. let's say every five 
> minutes and let it check for new files - but I fear that partly uploaded 
> large files could get indexed wrong. That's why I intended to provide 
> both options to the customer. Or is the index process intelligent enough 
> to see that files are partly uploaded?
> 
> Whereas the cronjob is working quite fine (although ignoring the 
> .indexing.setup.xml inside the root of defined folders), the predefined 
> settings from .indexing.setup.xml get ignored when starting a manual 
> index process. I'd like to see the index settings preconfigured so that 
> the customer doesn't have to struggle with correct settings (like 
> creating categories out of folder structure etc.).
> 
> Thanks for your help.
>