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Any way to index and search for alias? [message #1416] Sat, 23 April 2022 18:37 Go to next message
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I link contents by creating folder and file alias. I know you can't index their text content, but is there anyway to search for them by name? Thanks.

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Re: Any way to index and search for alias? [message #1473 is a reply to message #1416] Wed, 22 June 2022 14:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Is there any response to this? Can we search for strings in the names of file alias?

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Re: Any way to index and search for alias? [message #1475 is a reply to message #1473] Wed, 22 June 2022 14:34 Go to previous message
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no, alias files and symbolic links (symlinks) are just ignored by FoxTrot

Jérôme - FoxTrot Engineering

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