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Re: Exclude subfolders from index by folder name [message #1688 is a reply to message #1687]

Wed, 23 August 2023 16:48

FoxTrot Engineering
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Another option is to add an empty file named ".noindex" in each of the folders yo want to skip at indexing time. As the Finder hides files whose name begin with a dot, you need to show invisible files (command-shift-.) in order to create (or rename or delete) such a file from the Finder.

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		Exclude subfolders from index by folder name By: es on Sun, 13 August 2023 15:05
		Re: Exclude subfolders from index by folder name By: FoxTrot Engineering on Wed, 23 August 2023 11:15
		Re: Exclude subfolders from index by folder name By: es on Wed, 23 August 2023 15:35
		Re: Exclude subfolders from index by folder name By: FoxTrot Engineering on Wed, 23 August 2023 16:48
		Re: Exclude subfolders from index by folder name By: es on Wed, 23 August 2023 19:36
		Re: Exclude subfolders from index by folder name By: FoxTrot Engineering on Thu, 24 August 2023 09:13
		Re: Exclude subfolders from index by folder name By: es on Thu, 24 August 2023 11:12
		Re: Exclude subfolders from index by folder name By: FoxTrot Engineering on Fri, 25 August 2023 18:05
		Re: Exclude subfolders from index by folder name By: es on Sat, 26 August 2023 08:04
		Re: Exclude subfolders from index by folder name By: FoxTrot Engineering on Sat, 26 August 2023 10:52
		Re: Exclude subfolders from index by folder name By: es on Sat, 26 August 2023 13:59
		Re: Exclude subfolders from index by folder name By: FoxTrot Engineering on Sat, 26 August 2023 14:44

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