On Feb 8, 2007, at 3:58 PM, Tim Jones wrote:
On Feb 8, 2007, at 2:51 PM, Tim Jones wrote:
Based on that article, I've played around with the
_exclusions.plist and it turns out that the Apple rep might not
have provided the complete information. Or maybe they answered
the question that I asked, but didn't bother to consider the
question that I was "really" asking. It appears that you can add
entries to that plist file to exclude paths:
macpro1: tjones$ sudo cat /.Spotlight-V100/_exclusions.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd";>
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>EXCLUSIONS</key>
<array>
<string>/Users/tjones/Developer</string>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
So maybe that will give you what you need, Chris.
And I just re-read the second part of your original query
(realizing that you'd already been down this path) and you'll
either need to come to terms with the Authentication framework or
use a shell and sudo to modify the contents. However, it's odd
that I can modify it from within the Preferences panel without
authenticating. Maybe a bit more research there ...
Exactly - which makes me think that since you don't have to
authenticate to add an exclusion in the Spotlight Preferences, there
must be a mechanism that does not require root access. Sigh.
--
Chris Jett
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