| Re: More control on how modified files are updated [message #675 is a reply to message #673] |
Thu, 01 February 2018 09:50   |
FoxTrot Engineering
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'Ajk Sanders' via foxtrot-search wrote:
> For example, I accidentally moved an indexed folder into my iCloud Drive,
> and then back again to its original place.
> The files themselves have not changed, prob just the metadata (date
> modified etc)
Moving or renaming a file should not change any of its dates, and thus should not make FoxTrot reindex it.
However, modifying some metadata (Finder tags, Finder comments…) change the "attributes modification date". I can't test this right now, but maybe moving a file to the iCloud Drive also changes this date.
There is a very hidden setting in FoxTrot to ignore this attributes modification date. The consequence would be that changing the Finder comments or tags on a file would not be reflected in the FoxTrot index, unless you actually modify the file itself.
To change this setting:
- in the "Manage Indices" window, double-click your index in the left pane, to reveal it in the Finder; alternatively, press the shift or option key in the Finder's "Go" menu to reveal the user's "Library" folder, then navigate to {home}/Library/FoxTrot
- quit FoxTrot
- right-click on your index in the finder, and choose "Show package contents"
- drag and drop to "Config" file to TextEdit
- change the value to true in the following line:
false
- save the file, and relaunch FoxTrot
Jérôme - CTM Engineering
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