# Update\_rate in fscrawler

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-rate-in-fscrawler/179316>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 2, 2019, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-rate-in-fscrawler/179316 "2019-05-02T09:02:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![kumar4](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kumar4/32/48326_2.png) [@kumar4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kumar4)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-rate-in-fscrawler/179316/1 "2019-05-02T09:02:09Z")

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hi dears, i want to know what the field update\_rate means in fscrawler config file  
thank you

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-rate-in-fscrawler/179316/2 "2019-05-02T11:01:13Z")

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FSCrawler reads by default the content of a folder to index its documents.  
It's not "watching" the changes but running every x minutes a job that checks if something new has to be indexed.

`update_rate` configures that `x` value.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-rate-in-fscrawler/179316/3 "2019-05-30T11:01:15Z")

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