On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Dave DeLong<davedel...@me.com> wrote: > So, how can a root program get a complete list of Spotlight attributes?
I don't think this is quite the question you want to ask. 1) As I mentioned before, the root program shouldn't need a list of Spotlight attributes. 2) Do you really want to be using Spotlight for this? Spotlight won't find anything on removable media (except attached hard disks) or anything the user doesn't want Spotlight to index. 3) What about users who use FileVault, or perhaps store their sensitive information on an encrypted disk image? I'm required to store my company's source code on an encrypted image on my laptop. As a producer of backup software, I'm sure that you would prefer your software to err on the side of over- rather than under-protection. Hard drive space is cheap; lost data is invaluable. I'd suggest seriously reconsidering your use of Spotlight for this task. All it takes is one misplaced mdimporter and the user isn't backing up files they think they are. Don't forget, there's always the mdimport(1) tool that you can use to play around with Spotlight. Which is coincidentally why I could never use this feature of your product: we ship Spotlight importers as part of our products, and part of the development process involves blowing away the metadata store and ensuring that our importers are still able to import all the data. --Kyle Sluder _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
