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Friday, August 20. 2004

When even Jekyll can't hide

Screenshot: evidence file-manager with searches
Evidence now supports lightning-fast searches using libdoodle -- which in turn uses libextractor to gather all kinds of meta-data from all kinds of file.
This means that you can't just search for file-names, but for metadata as well. For instance, you'll still find that misnamed MP3 if the data in the ID3 tag are correct.

To use it, install libdoodle and libextractor. Create a database like so:
doodle -b -d ~/.evidence/evidoodle -l libextractor_filename /
Now you're set! In evidence you can now type things like
%my fancy keyword
Now, a new virtual folder /Searches will appear that contains a sub-directory my fancy keyword that holds your search-results (if any).

This is an experimental feature; it's under construction.
Expect the unexpected.
Posted by Azundris in English at 23:58 | Comments (19) | Trackback (1)
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*A very welcome feature in evidence, its power grows by the day.
#1 Thomas Fletcher (Homepage) on 2004-08-22 12:35 (Reply)
*Fletch actually has a nice summary of ev:
http://fletch.edevelop.org/index.php?theme=default&section=software/ref/evidence
#2 Azundris (Homepage) on 2004-08-26 11:56 (Reply)

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