| Add turtle files (.ttl) to FoxTrot Index fails [message #1965] |
Wed, 10 September 2025 10:09  |
Lou
Messages: 9
Registered: October 2022
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Hi,
I tried to add turtle files to the FoxTrot Index, following the instructions described in https:// forum.foxtrot-search.com/index.php?goto=759&t=msg&ut m_source=chatgpt.com.
Applied following terminal-command:
defaults write com.ctmdev.foxtrot Aliases -array-add "{type='ttl'; as='txt';}"
I also followed the instruction to delete the aliases, start/quit FoxTrot again, stop all processes in the activity monitor, add ttl-files as alias once more, rebuild the index, but with same result: Files were found, content not.
Command applied to delete the alias was
defaults delete com.ctmdev.foxtrot Aliases
- FoxTrot Pro Starter
- FoxTrot System Menu
Any other processes to be stopped? Or any other idea what could have gone wrong?
Edit 1
- Do not know, if relevant, but files are stored on a google drive (downloaded).
Edit 2
- Confusing increases: Even when I rename the files to .txt FoxTrot can not find the files by content. But: Spotlight does. Even with ending ttl. Seems that there is an other problem, a more basic one.
Edit 3
- Ok, some findings: When I apply .txt-Ending and place the file outside from google drive in the local file system, FoxTrot finds the file by content. When I use ending ttl FoxTrot does not find the file by content.
- There seems to be an issue with google drive. When I add files to the google drive and update the index the number of files in the index does not change.
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| Re: Add turtle files (.ttl) to FoxTrot Index fails [message #1972 is a reply to message #1965] |
Wed, 08 October 2025 19:17  |
FoxTrot Engineering
Messages: 427
Registered: April 2020
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Sorry for the late answer.
The thread you are referring to on our forum is outdated; for version 7 and 8, the command to use is (replace FoxTrot by FoxTrotShared):
defaults write com.ctmdev.FoxTrotShared Aliases -array-add "{type='ttl'; as='txt';}"
After typing this command, you need to rebuild your index (or modify, rename or move your .tll files so updating the index will actually reindex them).
Jérôme - FoxTrot Engineering
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