Add option to index File attributes such as TAGS

[gvvsss]

Hi I woild like to know if there is a way to add an option to index extended file attributes such as "tags", "mimetypes" etc., which are stored in "XATTR".

If already possible, please tell me how to search for tags...

[void]

Currently Everything does not index extended file attributes, named streams or "tags".

Indexing this information maybe available in a future release (especially the name of the named stream).

Indexing and maintaining this information would not be fast or efficient because the contents of named streams are scattered across the volume.

[gvvsss]

If I understand correctly (I may be wrong), XATTR attributes reside along with file name, which makes it easy for EVERYTHING to read them along with file names.

Do we really need to read "ALTERNATIVE STREAMs" to read "tags"?

[void]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_file_attributes mentions storing them in a named stream (Alternate Data Streams (ADS)).

If you have software that stores XATTR attributes in the filename, please let me know the name of the software and I will look into support for Everything.

[luckywhale]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_file_attributes mentions storing them in a named stream (Alternate Data Streams (ADS)).

If you have software that stores XATTR attributes in the filename, please let me know the name of the software and I will look into support for Everything.

Sorry for replying to an old comment and request. But if you are still interested, tagspaces the "offline, open source, personal data manager" @ https://www.tagspaces.org/ does exactly this.

Also Everything is the greatest piece of software I have ever used. Thank you.

[therube]

(I have no clue what I'm seeing, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rMo5EFAqgM ?)