[CWB] Corpora alignment issue on CQPweb

Graham Ranger graham.ranger at univ-avignon.fr
Thu Nov 20 16:40:48 CET 2025


Hi Min Qu,
rm -rf is pretty drastic. Do you have a regular server backup routine? 
I'd suggest you try that, as I don't think you can recover much easily 
after this.
Best,
Graham.

Le 20/11/2025 à 13:55, Min Qu via CWB a écrit :
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Thank you for following up.
>
> It seems that we are now running into a larger issue (when trying to 
> fix the alignment display problem). We accidentally removed the 
> /data/cqpweb/data/data directory with the command rm -rf 
> /data/cqpweb/data/data. (We then manually create a new ../data/data 
> directory)
>
> The current situation is that we can no longer query existing corpora, 
> nor can we install new corpora. The error message is:
>
> image.png
> image.png
>
>
> Is there anything we can do to recover or resolve this?
>
> Best,
> Qu Min
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM Hardie, Andrew via CWB 
> <cwb at sslmit.unibo.it> wrote:
>
>     Hi Min,
>
>     Did fixing the s_id then fix the alignment display problem?
>
>     Andrew.
>
>     *From:*CWB <cwb-bounces at sslmit.unibo.it> *On Behalf Of *Min Qu via CWB
>     *Sent:* 15 November 2025 13:04
>     *To:* Open source development of the Corpus WorkBench
>     <cwb at sslmit.unibo.it>
>     *Cc:* Min Qu <qumino2 at gmail.com>
>     *Subject:* Re: [CWB] Corpora alignment issue on CQPweb
>
>     Hi everyone,
>
>     I believe I have found the root cause of the alignment issue: I
>     realized I forgot to include the s attribute (s_id) when
>     installing the corpora.
>
>
>     Best,
>
>     Qu Min
>
>     Min Qu <qumino2 at gmail.com>于周六 15.11.202516:18写道:
>
>         I believe I have declared the parallel alignment on CQPweb.
>         However, when I conduct a query, it says no alignment found.
>
>         Best,
>
>         Qu Min
>
>         On Sat, Nov 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM graham.ranger via CWB
>         <cwb at sslmit.unibo.it> wrote:
>
>             Hello,
>
>             Have your declared the parallel alignments, using the left
>             hand menu? You didn't mention this, which is the final
>             step, after the command line stuff!
>
>             Best,
>
>             Graham Ranger.
>
>             Envoyé depuis mon appareil Galaxy
>
>             -------- Message d'origine --------
>
>             De : Min Qu via CWB <cwb at sslmit.unibo.it>
>
>             Date : 15/11/2025 01:44 (GMT+01:00)
>
>             À : Open source development of the Corpus WorkBench
>             <cwb at sslmit.unibo.it>
>
>             Cc : Min Qu <qumino2 at gmail.com>
>
>             Objet : [CWB] Corpora alignment issue on CQPweb
>
>             Dear CWB developers,
>
>             We have installed two separate corpora and added alignment
>             using command-line CWB methods. However, when we conduct a
>             query, the results still do not show any alignment.
>
>             I am not sure where I should look to identify and resolve
>             this issue. Could you please provide some guidance on
>             troubleshooting the CWB alignment process?
>
>             Thank you for your help.
>
>             Best,
>
>             Qu Min
>
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