[9fans] searchfs

[Daniel Lyons]

I googled around and haven't found anything, but I notice there is a  
file /sys/src/cmd/aux/searchfs.c, and a corresponding binary aux/ 
searchfs. The code doesn't seem to explain what it does very well but  
it piqued my curiosity.

What's this do and how is it intended to be used? I don't know exactly  
what it wants for a database; I tried using /lib/words and it didn't  
blow up but I'm not sure that's what it needs. I found the /search  
file will accept strings like 'search=word' but it doesn't seem to  
have an effect in the filesystem, nor does reading from it produce  
anything.

Any pointers on how to use this? Or is it defunct or some kind of dead  
end?

Thanks,

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Daniel Lyons