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diff --git a/docs/USERGUIDE.md b/docs/USERGUIDE.md index 5649b30..42103d6 100644 --- a/docs/USERGUIDE.md +++ b/docs/USERGUIDE.md @@ -695,6 +695,13 @@ catalogued. Group → Settings has the re-check interval and how long the node waits after a file changes before indexing it. Members see indexing progress while it runs. +**Pausing.** Indexing a large drive takes hours. The pause button on the +indexing band, or **Pause indexing** beside the directory in Group → Settings, +stops it at the next file. The files already indexed stay visible to members. +Nothing else in that directory is indexed until you click **Resume indexing**, +not even a file a member uploads into it, and the pause survives a restart. +Resuming picks up where it stopped: files already indexed are not read again. + One thing that surprises people: **two identical files in one group are one entry**, because a file is identified by its content. A scan that reports ten files and indexes nine has not lost anything. @@ -1058,6 +1065,7 @@ meshbay-node reset erase all node state (destructive) meshbay-node group list|add|remove groups this node hosts meshbay-node root list|add|remove|set directories in a group meshbay-node root eject|plug removable drives +meshbay-node root pause|resume stop and restart a directory's indexing meshbay-node gek init|rotate the group's encryption key meshbay-node operator pair authorise a browser |