[GRLUG] gnome tracker issue

[Eric Beversluis]

It seems from some stuff on line that in fact tracker does not
index .php files. Haven't found any explanation about why not. Did see a
hint to use ack. This does nicely finding the phrase "php return button"
in the php file. Does seem only to work on current working directory and
down, however, so I can't search ~ and /var/www/html at the same time.

On Wed, 2012-10-03 at 14:04 -0400, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> Strange. I created a short file, flame.html, with the word
> 'flambolicious' in it. tracker-search did not come up with it, even
> after a reboot. Yet if I save that file as flame.txt, tracker-search
> does come up with it. And tracker is finding some .php and .html files.
> 
> On Wed, 2012-10-03 at 13:56 -0400, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> > Doesn't seem to make any difference.
> > What's strange is that tracker doesn't seem to be updating its index,
> > even with a reboot of the computer.
> > 
> > On Wed, 2012-10-03 at 13:38 -0400, Mike Williams wrote:
> > > Would escaping the spaces persuade it to search for that exact phrase 
> > > rather than just finding a document that has all three words in it 
> > > somewhere?
> > > 
> > > On 10/03/2012 01:29 PM, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> > > > I'm trying to see how to use tracker. The tracker-search help says,
> > > > "Applies an AND operator to all terms separated by a space (see
> > > > --or-operator)."
> > > >
> > > > Yet when I run 'tracker-search php return button' or 'tracker-search
> > > > "php return button" (I'm trying to find the document that has the phrase
> > > > 'php return button' in it, "build-class.php"), tracker returns all kinds
> > > > of documents, including many from /var/www/html, some of which don't
> > > > seem to have the work 'return' in them anywhere, but not the particular
> > > > document I'm looking for.
> > > >
> > > > So two questions:
> > > > 1. Despite what the help says, is tracker-search doing an 'or' search
> > > > rather than an 'and' search?
> > > >
> > > > 2. Why is it not finding the "build-class.php" document, which has the
> > > > desired phrase in it?
> > > >
> > > > <snip>
> > > > <?php
> > > > //from phpexercises.com/php-exercise-select-field-class.html
> > > > //2012-10-03
> > > > //includes php return button
> > > > </snip>
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > > EB
> > > >
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