[TheForge] searchable theforge archive revisited

[terry l. ridder]

hello;

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Frederick Faller wrote:

frederick> 
frederick> Terry,
frederick> 
frederick> Are you doing this all by hand?
frederick> 

well no. i am using perl scripts.

frederick> 
frederick> Which archive files (i.e. how far back) are you doing?
frederick>    Just the files from qth.net?
frederick>    Including the ones from the very beginning on the
frederick> old system?
frederick> 

i would like to start at the very beginning.
if you have archives before qth.net they are probably better than
the archives i have. i am missing all of 1997 and most of 1998.

frederick> 
frederick> I have a program that I wrote that takes the original
frederick> files and does an auto cleanup and puts them in a
frederick> quick searchable format. If we could compile an entire
frederick> archive and make it so it could easily be updated, it
frederick> would all fit on a single CD and we could add this
frederick> search program to make it usable. The search program
frederick> allows boolean searches (i.e. search for "bolts" +
frederick> "square head" but not "New York")
frederick> 

my goal is to have the searchable theforge archive be operating
system independant. should run under linux, macosx, and ms windows.
to meet that goal any programs used to create, maintain, and search the
archive must be available under linux, macosx, and ms windows. the least
common denominator is perl, mysql ( relational databse ), and apache
( httpd, web server ).

frederick> 
frederick> Let me know how I can help.
frederick> 

giving me access to your archives would be a big help.

frederick> 
frederick> Frederick Faller 
frederick> 

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