Chapter 10. Technical details

10.1. Custom File types Configuration

It is possible to override the default set of file types that the type checker should recognize as archivable resources.

To do so, place your custom filetypes.txt configuration file in the root of your local storage directory (to find out what that is, select Local Corpus Storage Directory from the Options menu). It will then automatically be installed in the type checker as soon as type checking takes place for the first time during a session. You will need to restart Arbil if it is already running.

If you have already typechecked files within your working directories when you replace the configuration, Arbil will still remember the old status for these files. To make Arbil forget about this, you can delete the following three files from the root of your local storage directory:

  • knownMimeTypesV2

  • md5SumToDuplicates

  • pathToMd5Sums

Arbil will now recheck every file within its working directories, so depending on how much is in there, this might take some time.

For information about obtaining or creating a custom file types configuration, please contact your administrator.