Re: [Tracker] Tags, metadata and date fields

[Alexey Fisher <bug-track fisher-privat net>]

Am Freitag, den 09.04.2010, 11:50 -0400 schrieb Nikolaus Rath:
> Adrien Bustany <abustany-rDKQcyrBJuzYtjvyW6yDsg public gmane org> writes:
> > On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:23:38 -0400, Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus-BTH8mxji4b0 public gmane org>
> > wrote:
> > > Ivan Frade <ivan frade-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w-XMD5yJDbdMReXY1tMh2IBg 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.
>
> My script still has to add the custom metadata, doesn't it? And the way
> understood you, I need the tracker-url of the document to add the
> metadata. And the tracker-url is only available once the document is
> actually in the index...

Interesting question. I still can't finish my program because of this.

Regards,
        Alexey