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Date:      Fri, 9 Oct 1998 17:58:07 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
To:        Graeme Tait <graeme@echidna.com>
Cc:        Paul Saab <paul@mu.org>, Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: web site search engines for FreeBSD server?
Message-ID:  <Pine.HPP.3.96.981009175638.26335D-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <361E3888.1303@echidna.com>

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On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Graeme Tait wrote:

> No, and it may be interesting for some things. Does it run under FreeBSD?

Yes, there is a port pending, but there will be a ports freeze in 23
hours, so I doubt you'll see it committed soon though.

> However, some of my applications may not fit it. They involve indexing large numbers 
> of files (hundreds of thousands). All the files reside on the machine that does the 
> indexing. Glimpse does a good job of this, building compact indices from the 
> filesystem level (i.e., the webserver is not involved), and providing fast searches. 
> Large individual files are handled also. As I said below the downside is license 
> fees, plus (as the original poster mentioned) a restricted character set.

ht://dig is more of a 'multiple web server' indexer. perhaps you might
find something at http://www.freebsd.org/ports/textproc.html

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