Question regarding the finder searchbar

[shluk]

In the Finder searchbar, or spotlight, to search files by their path?
for example.
I have a video project made out of several episodes.
for every episode there is a different folder.
I also have a French version of each episode. the french version of each episode is located inside the episode folder in a new folder called "French".
so what I have basically is this:
Project/Episode 1/French/file1.mov
Project/Episode 2/French/file2.mov
Project/Episode 3/French/file3.mov
Project/Episode 4/French/file4.mov
Project/Episode 5/French/file5.mov

I want to be able to see all the files above togeter, using a smart folder.
so basically i'm thinking, that if you can search files by file name, date, etc. maybe you can search by the file's path.
something like
File Path | Includes | French

So, is it possible to search by the file's path?
Thanks!
🙂

 

[blow45]

I am quite sure you cannot.

Have a look at pathfinder as an alternative though, or http://www.houdah.com/houdahSpot/ and see if they help out in some way.

Another work around I could think of (a convoluted one) is if you autocopied via an applescript the file path to the comments section of the file and then created a smart folder where the comment contained said path you were after.

Here's a script that will put the file path on the clipboard, if you are up to googling a bit you ll find scripts to append file comments too, and then you could use both and automate them.

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20070416161655621

Yeah, I know it's convoluted. 😱