Re: Difference between GWorkspace find tool and MDFinder ?

[Patrick Cardona]

Hi Riccardo,

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Bien cordialement,
Patrick CARDONA
On 2020-06-11 00:36:20 +0200 Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it> 
wrote:

> 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 
>> complementa
> 
> 
> 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.

It is quite clear now, thank You for your aknowledgement.

> 
> 
> Riccardo
> 
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