In connection with the Google Desktop Search frenzy and a small
contingent asking for a Linux port, I began a small search of already
available stuff on Linux and bumped into an interesting project that
hasn't been discussed here, yet. (Not to be confused with this:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2003-August/msg00100.html )
URL:
fsdb.sf.net (No longer active; just wanted to discuss
possibilities).
The gist of it is to create a fresher slocate database by using a hook
in the kernel to get fs updates and store them in an intermediate
format. Then, instead of a daily update, you can setup fsdb to run
hourly and it uses a lot less CPU to boot. And the updates only take
seconds, instead of the long annoyingly slow "updatedb".
I know this only provides name searching not the full gambit that GDS
provides. But, it could be a start to improve things a bit more.
For example, Konqueror has "Use files index", although it's pretty
buggy, which would be more useful if the DB was more up-to-date. It'd
be nice to bring a standard DB (with content search) in under the
umbrella of
freedesktop.org, but that's off-topic here.
What other tools have you seen out there?
Discuss away!
--
-jeff