This Tracker add-on writes BFS file attributes to a text file. This is very helpful e.g. for creating an address list from your people files or a list of your *.mp3 files. You could also use it for emails, another file type of the BeOS making use of attributes.
AttributesToFile is a Tracker Add-On. Throw it into the appropriate folder via the "Drag here to install" link or copy it to /boot/home/config/add-ons/Tracker/ manually.
If you want to open this helpfile directly from the Addon, you have to drag the "AttributesToFile documentation" folder onto the respective link (then you can delete this whole folder you just unzipped).
If you would like to start it by a keyboard shortcut, alter the file name of the add-on accordingly (i.e. let it end with a hyphen followed by your preferred key). You can then start the add-on by pressing <ALT> + <WIN> + (Key) or <CTRL> + <WIN> + (Key) , depending on what you set as your "Shortcut Key" in the Menu Preferences.
Select one or more files/directories and then choose AttributesToFile in the Add-Ons submenu of the context menu.
You can then choose which attributes you want the app to write to the file and in which order you want them to be listed.
After that you can specify the output format ( CSV (=character separated values) or HTML ) and the outfile.
Then press the "Go!" button in the lower right corner to let the app finish the work.
This program is "helpware". As soon as I have cleaned up the sources, maybe you want to take a look at the sources and tell me what to do different/better/more effective/more structured/ [your suggestion here]... in future versions / applications. This is my first really finished BeOS application, so be gracious :-) .