From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Oct 9 18:51:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA14153 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 18:51:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hp9000.chc-chimes.com (hp9000.chc-chimes.com [206.67.97.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA14133 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 18:51:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from billf@chc-chimes.com) Received: from localhost by hp9000.chc-chimes.com with SMTP (1.39.111.2/16.2) id AA270490287; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 17:58:07 -0400 Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 17:58:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola To: Graeme Tait Cc: Paul Saab , Palle Girgensohn , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: web site search engines for FreeBSD server? In-Reply-To: <361E3888.1303@echidna.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 - bill fumerola [root/billf]@chc-chimes.com - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800)252.2421 x128 / bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - BF1560 - "Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities" -Lord Dunsany To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message