Well I got this from David Thead at dtSearch:
We have a Linux version of
> dtSearch in the
> works but for now it is just a C++ library (a .lib.so file)
> so you would
> need to do some C++ programming to make any use of it.
> Please let me know
> if you are interested in taking a look at the beta.
>
> Unfortunately, we have no plans for a Mac version at this time.
I have also asked them to actively look into porting to BSD, but there's
nothing yet..
So, Monsieur Rochambeau - are you writing a new Mac app or are you dealing
with a heterogenous network environment?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cranz, Gregory [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 1:12 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Search Engines
>
>
> Now I'm confused... dtSearch is a windows app. Is there a
> Mac/Unix version
> available that you are using?
>
> Once upon a time Apple had a product called AppleSearch. I
> think I might be
> one of the few souls who ever bought it. I think it used to come with
> AppleShare IP... The primary technology I assume is now used
> in Sherlock.
> However, AppleSearch had the ability to translate and index content of
> multiple file types including MS-Word, etc.. Like Sherlock,
> the indexing
> was done on a scheduled basis, so new additions wouldn't be
> found. Perhaps
> you could look into that... If it's of any use...
>
> On a related note, has anyone tried using Perl & AppleEvents
> to use Sherlock
> as a search engine for personal file sharing?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 9:36 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Sending several requests simultaneously etc.
> >
> >
> > Perhaps I did not make myself clear enough. I have a database
> > containing records referring to MS-Word/Excel etc. documents
> > located on a remote machine. Each record specifies the
> > document's title, size, and location on a network. Since my
> > database can't index the contents of those documents, I must
> > rely on dtSearch (a text, pdf, MS-Word indexer, running on
> > W...) to do that. My goal it to let users enter keywords in a
> > form (e.g. document category = 'MS-Word' and document
> > contains the word(s) 'LACOSTE'),
> > process that form in a CGI, query the database for records
> > belonging to the 'MS-Word' category, query the dtsearch web
> > server for documents containing the word 'LACOSTE',
> > consolidate the data, and display the results in the user's
> > browser. At other times, I may be querying 5 or 6 different
> > sources of data (DBMSs, websites), simultaneously.
> >
> > Someone on the list suggested that I use the
> > LWP:Parallel:UserAgent module, and this seems like a good
> > module to use to solve my problem. I am open to other
> > suggestions, though.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Philippe de Rochambeau
> >
>
