Thanks! That might work, but would add some awkward dependencies (i.e. the fusefs kernel module) Will investigate further.
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Stephen J. Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 3:07 AM, Rasmus Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I would like to create a Spotlight plugin that allows me to search >> among a very big set of data, located at a central server (i.e. not >> able to store it locally) Thus I need to query this central storage >> for matches whenever I search for something in Spotlight. (I/O latency >> is not an issue) >> >> What I have understood from reading Spotlight Importer Programming >> Guide[1], there is no way to actually hook yourself in to when a user >> is performing a query, or even to register a custom data source which >> might be backed by for example network resources. > > You could use MacFUSE to write a filesystem that exposes your server > data as files: > > http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ > > However, it appears people are having some problem getting Spotlight > to index such volumes: > > http://groups.google.com/group/macfuse-devel/browse_thread/thread/6a3e71e1f8bb1652 > -- Rasmus Andersson _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
