Re: [Tracker] adding new format for the tracker to index

[Adrien Bustany <abustany gnome org>]

Le Fri, 9 Jul 2010 11:58:55 +0530,
Shravan Santosh <shravansantosh gmail com> a écrit :

> Hi,
>
> Can anyone please tell me how to make the tracker index a new
> format(this format file can be exported as plain text)??
>
> Regards,
> shravan

Hello Shravan

you probably need to write an extractor module for that file format.
Basically, when the FS miner (the component that crawls the FS for
files) finds a file, it'll search for an extractor module to get
additional metadata. If you write an extractor module for your file
format, then Tracker will index it. You can have a look at the existing
extractors to see how to write one, it's rather easy. Or, drop by
#tracker on IRC.

Cheers

Adrien