Spotlightfs version 0.1.0 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 0.1.0

      View the most recent changes for the spotlightfs port at: spotlightfs.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for spotlightfs.
      The raw portfile for spotlightfs 0.1.0 is located here:
      http://spotlightfs.darwinports.com/dports/fuse/spotlightfs/Portfile
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      The spotlightfs Portfile 29166 2007-09-16 21:15:55Z eridius macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      PortGroup xcode 1.0

      Name: spotlightfs
      Version: 0.1.0
      Revision: 2
      Category: fuse
      Platform: macosx
      Maintainers: eridius macports.org
      Description: The Spotlight File System for MacFUSE
      Long Description: SpotlightFS is a MacFUSE file system that creates true smart folders, where the folders' contents are dynamically generated by querying Spotlight. This differs from Finder's version of smart folders, which are really plist files with a .savedSearch file extension. Since SpotlightFS smart folders are true folders, they can be used from anywhere--including the command line.

      Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/

      Master Sites: macports macports:FUSEObjC:objc
      distfiles SpotlightFS-${version}.tar.bz2 FUSEObjC-0.4.0.tar.bz2:objc
      worksrcdir SpotlightFS
      Checksums: SpotlightFS-${version}.tar.bz2 md5 102e6196d635ee87521e8b586844a77c sha1 e10322f6ea526b878d0b8ac21c51e1246f645959 FUSEObjC-0.4.0.tar.bz2 md5 9ac70a7faf748e04e4e0bf0c8856b7c5 sha1 99752396411e3b44728436d15d6cb76bd1966e1f

      # this patch needs to be removed next time there's a SpotlightFS release
      Patch Files: patch-writable-dirs

      use_bzip2 yes

      livecheck.distname SpotlightFS-(.*).dmg

      depends_build port:libfuse

      xcode.target SpotlightFS
      xcode.configuration Release
      xcode.build.settings LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS='/opt/local/lib /usr/local/lib' HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS='/opt/local/include /usr/local/include'
      xcode.destroot.settings LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS='/opt/local/lib /usr/local/lib' HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS='/opt/local/include /usr/local/include'
      platform i386 {
      xcode.build.settings-append ARCHS='i386'
      xcode.destroot.settings-append ARCHS='i386'
      }

      platform powerpc {
      xcode.build.settings-append ARCHS='ppc'
      xcode.destroot.settings-append ARCHS='ppc'
      }

    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/spotlightfs
      % sudo port install spotlightfs
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching spotlightfs
      ---> Verifying checksum for spotlightfs
      ---> Extracting spotlightfs
      ---> Configuring spotlightfs
      ---> Building spotlightfs with target all
      ---> Staging spotlightfs into destroot
      ---> Installing spotlightfs
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using spotlightfs with these commands:
      %  man spotlightfs
      % apropos spotlightfs
      % which spotlightfs
      % locate spotlightfs

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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