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			| Add turtle files (.ttl) to FoxTrot Index fails [message #1965] | Wed, 10 September 2025 10:09  |  
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					| Lou Messages: 9
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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:
 
 
 But it does not work. When I search for the file name, FoxTrot shows up the file. But when I search for the content, it does not.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
 
 The processes I identified and stopped weredefaults 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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