Simple Cataloger Help - Cataloger Options

Cataloger Options Tab

The Cataloger Options Tab displays different options for what the Cataloger is to record about everything it finds.

Properties to Catalog

This group of checkboxes are the properties that can be recorded about an item. A checked box means that particular properties will be recorded.

Name: The name of the item.
Path: The full path to the item.
Size: The logical size of the item (in bytes).
Creation Date: The date the item was created.
Modification Date: The date the item was last modified.
Type: The files type of the item.
Locked: Is the file locked?
Visible: Is the file visible?
Displayed Name: The name of the file as displayed in the OS.
Owner: The user that owns the item.
Group: The owning group of the item.
Permissions: The permissions set on the item.
Creator Code: The four character code that identifies the application that will open when the item is opened.
Type Code: The four character code that identifies the kind of data the item contains.

Note: The more properties selected means the longer the Cataloger will run.

The Default button will reset the properties selections to what has been stored in the preferences file.

The All button will select all of the properties.

The None button will deselect all of the properties.

Filters

Filters can help to speed up cataloging time and exclude unwanted files.

The Files and Folders radio button will record the selected properties for both files and folders.

Files Only will only record the selected properties of files. The Folders Only button will only record the selected properties of folders.

Catalog Invisible Files will record all hidden files either because their Visible property has been turned off in addition to any visible files. In Mac OS X, this includes files that have names that begin with the "." character.

Catalog Files and Folders Linked by Aliases will go the file or folder linked by an alias (Mac OS) or shortcut (Windows) file.

Catalog Inside Packages (Mac OS X only) will make the Cataloger go into Mac OS X applications.

Note: The more filters selected means the longer the Cataloger will run.

Levels

Levels allows the selection of how deep in the folder hierarchy the cataloger is to start and stop. The Start (root) folder is folder 0. The maximum number of levels is 255.