> On Jun 18, 2016, at 4:13 AM, Thomas Tempelmann <tempelm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Thomas Tempelmann <tempelm...@gmail.com > <mailto:tempelm...@gmail.com>> wrote: > 1. It would be nice if it would support the BSD searchfs (CatalogSearch) > operation, or something similar on macOS. > > To clarify - I watched the APFS session where it was briefly mentioned that > searchfs will not be supported. I just wonder what's the reason for that - > technical difficulties or simply the belief it's not needed any more? > > I assume the only way to search an entire APFS volume without searchfs > support will be to iterate the directories recursively. This will still be > much slower, though, because every file attribute has to be passed from the > FS (kernel) layer to the user space, for the searching app to be able to get > a look at it. > > There are still plenty of cases where users want to search the entire file > system by a file name or date range and not just rely on Spotlight. Spotlight > only records files that are believed to be relevant to most users, which > excludes system folders and bundle contents, for instance). Removing support > for searchfs will not make those users happy when they find out that > searching their boot volume suddenly takes minutes where it only took a few > seconds before on HFS+. > > Has this been considered? Will there be something new that'll help with this? > > Thomas > > __
Please write up a bug report. Please give a detail description of the functionality you are interested in and the options you think it should support. Apple is always looking at improving the file system and will take a look at all suggestions. George > _____________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Filesystem-dev mailing list (Filesystem-dev@lists.apple.com) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/filesystem-dev/gcolley%40apple.com > > This email sent to gcol...@apple.com
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