[HN Gopher] Fsearch, a fast file search utility for Unix-like sy...
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       Fsearch, a fast file search utility for Unix-like systems
        
       Author : karlicoss
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2023-12-17 21:19 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | croemer wrote:
       | Unix-like apparently does not include macOS here
       | 
       | Edit: Or does it?
       | https://ports.macports.org/port/fsearch/details/
        
         | paradox460 wrote:
         | Do you really need it on Mac? We've got mdfind
        
       | dzek69 wrote:
       | This is great tool, I use it everyday, but far from it's Windows
       | based original Everything.
       | 
       | Also this is anbandoned apparently, which makes me extra sad,
       | because it lacks few crucial features like: - being able to just
       | remove a file from the index if you delete it from the app
       | directly (insted it shows a window how it "soon" gonna be
       | implemented) - while i understand that indexing service is more
       | complex job - at least caching the index would be nice, because
       | right now when i start the app i have to wait for it to index
       | everything again, but usually i search for files that exists for
       | a long time, not these that was created between my fsearch uses
       | 
       | So yeah. Cool dead and incomplete piece of software -\\_(tsu)_/-
       | From time to time I look for better alternative, if you happen to
       | know one - let me know.
        
         | RachelF wrote:
         | Me too - strangely, one of the reasons I stay on Windows is
         | Everything (https://www.voidtools.com/) - it is just so useful.
        
         | drekipus wrote:
         | rg or fd?
        
         | hiAndrewQuinn wrote:
         | fd (fdfind on some distributions)
        
         | eredengrin wrote:
         | Last commit 2 weeks ago? Doesn't look dead. Perhaps not
         | actively developed by original author but seems they're still
         | acting as a maintainer and willing to take PRs.
        
         | wander_homer wrote:
         | Hi, I'm the author of this little piece of software.
         | 
         | > Also this is anbandoned apparently, which makes me extra sad,
         | because it lacks few crucial features like:
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         | PersonalIy I wouldn't call it abandoned. I'm still working on
         | it -- not as often as I'd like to, but I'm still making
         | progress towards the next release. Though it's still months
         | away from being released.
         | 
         | > - being able to just remove a file from the index if you
         | delete it from the app directly (insted it shows a window how
         | it "soon" gonna be implemented)
         | 
         | That feature is already implemented, but there are no official
         | builds with it yet, because other parts of the software haven't
         | been updated after the rewrite of the database engine (e.g.
         | loading/saving the database file is broken at the moment). Once
         | the old feature set is working again, I'll publish the first
         | official dev builds of the 0.3 release.
         | 
         | > while i understand that indexing service is more complex job
         | - at least caching the index would be nice, because right now
         | when i start the app i have to wait for it to index everything
         | again, but usually i search for files that exists for a long
         | time, not these that was created between my fsearch uses
         | 
         | This is already supported and part of the stable releases. The
         | index is cached and loaded upon application start, so you can
         | search right away, even while the new index is being built. You
         | can also disable auto index updates when you launch the
         | application, if you prefer manual or scheduled index update
         | instead. Or do you mean something else?
        
       | apt-get wrote:
       | fsearch is the best locate front-end for Linux, but sadly, I've
       | got many gripes with it... crappy drag'n'drop, no daemonization
       | to minimize to system tray, closing the app resets the clipboard
       | for some reason (EXTREMELY annoying when you open it to copy a
       | file path), the list is long. Not to mention that locate itself
       | doesn't auto-update the index with fs changes.
       | 
       | I miss Everything :(
        
       | CyberDildonics wrote:
       | How does this search filesystems quickly on linux?
        
       | einpoklum wrote:
       | I like that the author has not done away with the menu, like
       | certain software projects which shall not be named but begin with
       | GN and end with ME.
        
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