Re: [Tracker] Tags, metadata and date fields

[Adrien Bustany <abustany gnome org>]

On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:23:38 -0400, Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus rath org>
wrote:
> Ivan Frade <ivan frade-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w public gmane org> writes:
> > Hi,
> >
> > > However, I wasn't really able to find any information on how to get
the
> > > metadata into my index in the first place. Could you give me some
> > > information where to start? Do I move the documents into a
> > > tracker-watched folder and manually modify the database after the
> > > documents have been indexed? Or do I explicitly ask tracker to add a
> > > specific file with specific metadata to the index? Or do I add the
> > > metadata as extended attributes of the file and put it in a watched
> > > folder? Or something else entirely?
> >
> >  Check ~/.config/tracker/tracker-miner-fs.cfg file to know/configure
what
> > directories is tracker watching. Either you move your files to any of
> > those
> > locations, or you add your documents path there.
> >
> >  Wait for tracker to index that folder (tracker-status should show the
> > progress), and then run a query with:
> [..]
>
> That seems a little bit cumbersome to me. So my "Add to Archive" script
> would have to move the file into the watcher directory, and then poll
> tracker until the file has been indexed? Isn't there a way to instruct
> tracker to "index this file and block until your're done"?
No, it'd be the other way around: your archive folder would be indexed by
Tracker,
and your script wouldn't have to do anything more.
> Best,
>
>    -Nikolaus