Re: [Tracker] tracker doesn't index .aMule

From: jamie <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>
To: Anita Lewis <a lewis linuxbasics org>
Cc: tracker-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [Tracker] tracker doesn't index .aMule
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:07:51 +0000

On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 06:52 -0500, Anita Lewis wrote:

jamie wrote:


we ignore paths which begin with "." - this is hardcoded as hidden
directories should never be searched


Could one make a soft link to the hidden directory and get it searched?


we dont follow symlinks as it can lead to infinite recursion

however you could do it the other way round and make the hidden
directory itself a symlink to a real directory which is not hidden

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