I have a website with two sorts of files. Search attachments is managing beautifully with the files uploaded through drupal. I also have a directory with files in it that are placed there manually and are linked from the pages but are not managed by the drupal upload tool. How do we enable search attachments to index the files in that directory?

(I have uploaded files set to be accessible to people with logins only; the ones in the docs directory are for anyone who wants to see the files.)

The 4.7 version of the site at http://www.mosaic-commons.org has this working but no one remembers how they got it working (not with this module.) The 5.1 version of the site is at http://mosaic.d5.stonekeep.com

Thanks!

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markj commented
Status: Active » Postponed

Being able to index files that are uploaded via FTP or otherwise not using Drupal file management modules has been asked for by a number of people. Adding this feature represents a considerable change in the way search_attachments currently works (i.e., files need to be attached to nodes). I have sketched out a proposal for implementing this change and will likely move on to making it happen after the release of 5.x-3.

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markj commented
Version: » 5.x-3.0
Status: Postponed » Closed (fixed)

The new version of the module, which allows searching of FTPed files, is now available for testing at http://interoperating.info/mark/node/74 . Please give it a try.