Custom attributes not working in filesystem queries

[Knutsi]

I am trying to add a custom attribute called "Follow-up/followup" to files of type E-mail. I've added it as a boolean value in Preferences->FileTypes, and I can edit it for emails in Tracker and set them to "true" for a selection of emails.

However, when I create a filesystem query to find them, the emails are not found.

Queries tested:

((followup==1)&&(BEOS:TYPE=="text/x-email"))
(followup==true)
(followup==*)

The same appears to be true also for custom attributes of other types, such as this example:

((test=="*[fF][iI][nN][dD][mM][eE]*")&&(BEOS:TYPE=="text/x-email"))

where "test" is an attribute of type string.

System details

OS version: Alpha 1 on virtual box Hardware: Intel PC History: Installed to a new partition inside virtual box after some use to free up more space.

[Knutsi]

Screenshot demonstration the problem

[axeld]

You must first create an index (using the mkindex command line tool) to have the queries work - there is currently other way to do this, unfortunately (but this will be changed in the future).

The freshly created index won't contain the already existing files with that attribute, though. You can use the "reindex" tool to change that, though.

HTH.

[humdinger]

Have a look at the workshop in the user guide: ​http://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/workshop-filetypes+attributes.html

Also, depending on what you'd like to do with your custom attribute, you may find Mail's menu "File | Close and | Set to..." to do already what you want.