mdimport(1) BSD General Commands Manual mdimport(1)NAMEmdimport — import file hierarchies into the metadata datastore.
SYNOPSISmdimport [-VXLArgn] [-d level | category] [-w delay] file | directory
DESCRIPTIONmdimport is used to test Spotlight plug-ins, list the installed plug-ins
and schema, and re-index files handled by a plug-in when a new plug-in is
installed.
The following options are available:
-g plugin Load the plugin at the provided path, ignoring system
installed plugins. Useful for testing plugins that have not
yet been installed.
-V Print timing information for this run of mdimport.
-A Print out the list of all of the attributes and their local‐
izations in the current language and exit.
-X Print the schema file and exit
-r Ask the server to reimport files for UTIs claimed by the
listed plugin. For example, the following would cause all of
the chat files on the system to be reimported:
mdimport-r /System/Library/Spotlight/Chat.mdimporter
-p Print out performance information gathered during the run.
-L Print the list of installed importers and exit.
-d level Print debugging information. Level can be 1-4.
-n Don't actually set the attributes on the file. Useful for
debugging.
-w msecs Wait for the specified interval between scanning files.
NOTES
The -f switch is obsolete in Leopard and beyond.
SEE ALSOmdfind(1), mdutil(1), mdls(1)Mac OS X Oct 27, 2004 Mac OS X
