Re: Use WebCat to search files in a folder like a search engine?

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2001

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texte = Steven Jarvis wrote:> > I seem to remember this being discussed a while back, but I can't find> anything on it in the archives (I'm probably just not formulating good> searches, though).> > I want to be able to search files in a folder. Just a text search, like> you'd run on a database, but instead using files. Is there a way to do this> with [listfiles]?> > If someone has some functioning code they could post, that would be great,> too.> This is Yet Another Thing Best Done outside of WebCatalog(TM). Most modern web servers come with an indexing engine (and some, like IIS's should be deleted immediately ;~).Do you want to do this search once, every day, or on demand by the webuser? This is not an idle question, since it impacts what kind ofsolution you are going to need.John--John PeacockDirector of Information Research and TechnologyRowman & Littlefield Publishing Group4720 Boston WayLanham, MD 20706301-459-3366 x.5010fax 301-429-5747-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Use WebCat to search files in a folder like a search engine? (dale 2001)
Re: Use WebCat to search files in a folder like a search engine? (John Peacock 2001)
Re: Use WebCat to search files in a folder like a search engine? (Kenneth Grome 2001)
Re: Use WebCat to search files in a folder like a search engine? (Brian Fries 2001)
Re: Use WebCat to search files in a folder like a search engine? (Steven Jarvis 2001)
Re: Use WebCat to search files in a folder like a search engine? (John Peacock 2001)
Use WebCat to search files in a folder like a search engine? (Steven Jarvis 2001)

Steven Jarvis wrote:> > I seem to remember this being discussed a while back, but I can't find> anything on it in the archives (I'm probably just not formulating good> searches, though).> > I want to be able to search files in a folder. Just a text search, like> you'd run on a database, but instead using files. Is there a way to do this> with [listfiles]?> > If someone has some functioning code they could post, that would be great,> too.> This is Yet Another Thing Best Done outside of WebCatalog(TM). Most modern web servers come with an indexing engine (and some, like IIS's should be deleted immediately ;~).Do you want to do this search once, every day, or on demand by the webuser? This is not an idle question, since it impacts what kind ofsolution you are going to need.John--John PeacockDirector of Information Research and TechnologyRowman & Littlefield Publishing Group4720 Boston WayLanham, MD 20706301-459-3366 x.5010fax 301-429-5747-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ John Peacock

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Re: Use WebCat to search files in a folder like a search engine?

2001

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