Deleting a file does not update the database automatically

[rieje]

Not sure if this is a current limitation, but deleting a file does not update the database automatically. At first, I thought "Delete" and "Move to Trash" weren't working, then I realized the database was not updated to reflect the change.

Also, is renaming files not possible?

[cboxdoerfer]

You are right, that's a current limitation of the database. This will be solved once I'll add the option to monitor the filesystem for changes.

And yes, currently renaming files isn't possible. However that's one item on my (long) todo list.

[udiNur]

What the gnome-search-tool does to solve the problem is when you get the search results, is checked whether the files exist in the file system, if one of them does not exist, it removes the file from the DB and does not display it in the results. you not need to monitor the filesystem for that..