RE: Portable HTML Search Engine

Subject: RE: Portable HTML Search Engine
From: "Keith Soltys" <keith -at- soltys -dot- ca>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 12:41:44 -0400

Assuming that your client machine can or does run a web server, you should
be able to use HT/Dig (www.htdig.org), which is an open-source search tool.
I used it on our departmental intranet site and it was pretty
straightforward to set up and use. I'm not sure if you could use it to index
a CD but you could certainly run it on a copy of the documentation on the
client's machine.

Best
Keith

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>
> Hello,
>
> The company that I work for is in need of a high quality portable HTML
> search engine that does not rely on a server. The reason: We distribute
>
> the documentation on a CD and we place it on our customer's SGI or UNIX
> platform as well.
>
> We are currently using a java based search engine called "Astaware's
> NetResults". It has "issues" and we would love to see if there are any
> other search tools out there that we should test prior to our
> subscription renewal with NetResults.
>
> In short:
>
> * We have 7,000+ html pages that need indexing
> * We distribute on CD and install a search engine on the client machine
> (SGI/UNIX based)
> * We need a good recommendation or solution to our searching needs....
>
> Any help, suggestions, or advice on this would be greatly
> appreciated....
>
> Best Regards,
>
> CSM
>
>


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References:
Portable HTML Search Engine: From: Chris Morrow

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