Re: Difference between GWorkspace find tool and MDFinder ?

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi Patrick,


On 26/05/2020 17:39, Patrick Cardona via Discussion list for the GNUstep 
programming environment wrote:
> Within GWorkspace, one can search a file with the builtin tool : #f 
> and save it as Livesarch (lsf extension).
>
> Where is also an app called MDFinder which is using mdss files.
>
> What is the difference btween those tools ? Are they redundant or 
> complementary ? 


they are complementary. MDFinder is MetaData Finder - it means it uses 
meta-data extracted from a daemon searching your hard disk, much like 
Spotlight or Windows Search.

Dependeing on your usage, you  might like these daemons "sucking up" 
resources but then having quick access... or prefer old style 
non-indexed search.


Riccardo