On Feb 20, 2005, at 10:56 AM, Jochem van Dieten wrote: > Dick Applebaum wrote: >> On Feb 20, 2005, at 9:00 AM, Jochem van Dieten wrote: >>> >>> SSH through cfexecute? And I suppose you would use NFS to store >>> the file on the Mac mini so it would get indexed in the first place. >> >> AFAIK, you can... If the following statements are true: >> >> As an operating system with a Unix core, Mac OS X is able to support >> the Network File System (NFS) protocol. NFS is the accepted industry >> standard for sharing files between Unix systems. > >> Conceivably, you could expand the OS X metadata indexing/searching to >> include files resident on non-OS X boxes-- though it would not be as >> fast (for indexing). Consider: >> >> 1) With CFMX7, you could use an Event Gateway, to watch a directory >> structure on a non-Os X box. >> 2) When an event is triggered, your CF/Java app could request (of the >> OS X box) indexing (importing) of the files and add it to a metadata >> store for that box (this store could be anywhere, but properly should >> reside on the same box as the indexed files). >> 3) Searches would be performed by the OS X box, via cfexecute >> (discussed earlier). The search could be controlled to search across >> multiple metadata stores (boxes) or limited to a specific directory >> structure. >> >> The Event Gateway and triggered indexing are necessary because the >> non-OS X file systems do not automatically trigger and perform >> metadata/content indexing. >> >> It may sound a little gross > > Compared to the original question, avoiding one write and read > cycle of a file, I think it is more then a little gross.
If automatic system-level metadata/content indexing and search were available on your OS, would you consider using it? It likely will be in the next 1-3 years... just sooner on some than others. Dick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:195675 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
