File Tagging

[NoOp]

On 01/20/2009 12:14 PM, Sam Albers wrote:
> Hello List,
> 
> I am using Ubuntu 8.10. Here is my question.
> 
> Do anyone have any suggestions for a decent file tagging system? I have a
> ton of pdf's of journal articles on my CPU and I need a way to quickly
> identify which pdf's are relevant to my current needs. That is, if I am
> looking for a paper on salmon, nutrients and deforestation, I would love a
> way that I could search for the PDF based on those keywords. Is there any
> way to add tags to files to enable such a keyword search? Currently I use a
> combination of folders and JabRef. However, this is unsatisfactory as many
> journal articles fall under multiple categories.
> 
> I have encountered this Google Program:
> 
> http://code.google.com/p/dhtfs/wiki/UserGuide
> 
> However, I thought I would ask if any knew of a good file organizing system
> where one could add their own tags that might be better or simply an sense
> of what other might use. Sorry if this is really simple but I am becoming
> lost in a mess of PDF's and I figure that there has to be some efficient way
> of doing this.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 

Although I don't use it personally & don't know if it will do pdf's,
Tracker is already installed:

http://projects.gnome.org/tracker/

This is pretty dated, but might help as well:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MetaTracker
http://www.google.com/search?complete=0&hl=en&q=help.ubuntu+%2Bmetatracker