Help with having Alfred find a certain filetype

[deadman36g]

I am wanting to be able to open a file called lftp.conf with Alfred but am having some issues.

 

The file is located the following way /usr/local/Cellar/lftp/4.7.7/etc/lftp.conf

 

I have added /usr/local/Cellar/ to Alfred's Search Scope, then done a reload

 

Under user-defined file type I have added *.conf

 

When I search though, I am not seeing the file

 

I made a copy of the file and moved it to Downloads and Alfred does see it, so perhaps it is the location?

[deadman36g]

I take it this may not be possible?

[deanishe]

The File Types are UTIs, not glob patterns. Try dragging a .conf file to the list. It may or may not work, depending on whether there is a UTI defined for file extension .conf

[deadman36g]

Ok, when I a drag a .conf file to Alfred it gives me dyn.ah62d4rv4ge80g55sq2 as the UTI

[deanishe]

And can Alfred now find the file?

[deadman36g]

sorry for not included that info, but no it is still not being found.

[deanishe]

If Alfred is finding other files in /usr/local/Cellar, the problem is probably that no application on your system has defined a filetype for *.conf files.

You could create a dummy application that defines the filetype in its info.plist, but the simplest solution is probably to add an "lftp" Keyword to a workflow and connect it to an Open File action pointing at the lftp config file.