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10.4: Enable Spotlight for disk images
So I'm trying to get spotlight to search through hidden folders like /usr and /var and /bin... I tried using this command to enable it but spotlight still doesn't seem to look in these directories... anyone have any ideas? Thanks,
10.4: Enable Spotlight for disk images
you can force mdimport to index any path that you want. mdimport is the process that actually indexes the files, whereas mdutil sets indexing on/off for volumes. i think.
the -f switch tells mdimport to ignore the path restrictions that it knows about.
i forget where i read this, but someone else figured it out.
walter
10.4: Enable Spotlight for disk images
I think this command only forces a one time indexing of the specified directory. To test this you can execute the A message on Apple's Spotlight discussion forum mentions a way to get around this by using the 'INCLUDE' section of the
10.4: Enable Spotlight for disk images
Doh -- it turns out I had an error in my
_rules.plist file so that mdutil -E / replaced it with a fresh copy. The aformentioned technique works for me as promised!
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