On Dec 4, 2005, at 10:03 AM, x4u- request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote: > So I have some log files from an application that are written into a > directory in ~/Library/Application Support/Logs > > This is not a directory that Spotlight indexes normally. And is not > an option to Activate in the spotlight preferences. > > Is there some way I could psyche out Spotlight to index this ~/ > Library/Application Support/Logs directory. > > I tried creating an alias of the "Logs" directory and putting it into > my ~/Documents directory. But that didn't seem to help. Now It's > been since earlier today that I created this Alias. Is it possible > Spotlight hasn't checked on it yet ? or should it be immediate if > it's going to work at all ? > > Any suggestions would appreciated. > > Kansas Howdy, the command mdimport -f ~/Library/Application\ Support/Logs in Terminal should do the job. You might also want to try SpotlightIndexer, especially if you are Terminal fearful. In either case this is a one time thing. If the contents of that directory changes rapidly this won't help much. I use this for indexing directories that don't change rapidly. Since Spotlight is a young feature I suspect we'll see an Add Tab (like the Privacy Tab) in a future OS release. Good Luck, Herb Schulz (herbs at wideopenwest.com)