Mac OS X Tiger in a Nutshell

Name

mdimport

Synopsis

mdimport [options] file
                     |
                     directory

Imports metadata from files or filesystem hierarchies.

Options

-A

Prints a list of all attributes currently supported and exits.

-d level | category

Specifies debug level and categories. Valid levels are 1–4, and category can be import-terse, import-input, import-output, import-warnings, import-verbose, or plugin-loading. This option can be repeated.

-f

Force the files to be scanned, ignoring the rules for path filtering.

-I

Ignore Finder comments.

-L

Prints a list of all importers and exits.

-n

Don’t actually set attributes on the file.

-p

Print performance information for the run. Seems to be identical to -V.

-r importer

Reimport the files previously imported by importer.

-V

Print timing information for the run. Seems to be identical to -p.

-w msecs

Wait for msecs milliseconds between scanning files.

-x

Print the schema file, then exit.