htdig3.0.8b2a1 3.0.8b2a01

Short:        WWW searchengine
Author:       Andrew Scherpbier
Uploader:     htdig spinnewiel xs4all nl
Type:         comm/www
Version:      3.0.8b2a01
Architecture: m68k-amigaos


ALPHA RELEASE 0.1 HT://DIG FOR AMIGA
====================================

Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997 Andrew Scherpbier <andrew@contigo.com>
Ported by Bert Vortman <htdig@spinnewiel.xs4all.nl> for the Amiga.

HTDig is a world-wide-web search system for an intranet or small internet.

See the COPYING file for license information.
See the htdoc/install.html file for compilation and installation instructions.

This distribution includes:

    * htdig     - A www information gathering and indexing system

    * htmerge   - A htdig database merging program

    * htfuzzy   - A fuzzy search database creation program

    * htsearch  - A search engine.

    * htlib     - A small general purpose C++ class library

    * htcommon  - HTDig specific classes

    * htdoc     - HTDig documentation in HTML

HTDig has been tested extensively under Solaris 2.5 using g++ 2.7.2.
If you use g++, make absolutely sure you have libg++ installed
as well.

To build, first read the htdoc/install.html document

Questions/suggestions should be directed at htdig@sdsu.edu

For the most up-to-date documentation, use http://htdig.sdsu.edu/


REQUIREMENTS
============

- Amitcp or miami
- full GCC installation
- Apache webserver for the amiga (http://www.dsdelft.nl/~apache)


WHY THIS RELEASE?
=================

This is a test release to see if there is an interest in such a search engine 
for the amiga. HT://DIG is originally developed for UNIX, but I've compiled
it for the amiga with success. The basics of htdig are working, but 
it need  a lot of work before it is stable enough, although I didn't find
HD threatening problems. 

If you have any interest in this product, mail it to: 

   htdig@spinnewiel.xs4all.nl

If there are enough requests I will start a project HT://DIG in order
to get it developed.

If you want a binary version of HT://Dig, mail your request also to the
above address.

These sources are uploaded with the consent of Andrew Scherpbier.




PROGRAMMERS WANTED
==================

If you are a experienced C++ programmer with some spare time to spent
and wanting to take part in developing HT://DIG for the Amiga,
get in touch with me. I am not a real C++ programmer, but I would like
to see this program working. Running and understanding the apache webserver 
is necessary for development.


Things I did and didn't do:
===========================

This archive is the base archive for HTDIG, a WWW search engine like
altavista, etc. The source is not changed in anyway and works on my
Amiga system. There was a problem in the original TAR archive with
a duplicate display.cc source (a Display.cc and a display.cc). Thanks
to Kamil Iskra the problem was found. 

There exist another problem in the htsearch program, it gives sometimes
a 'broken pipe' message, although it seems to work fine. I don't know
what causes this, Apache or HT://Dig? If anyone finds a solution,
please mail it to me.

I did not remove the fork()'s in the htnotify program yet, so that won't
work properly at this moment. If someone wants to work on this, please do.

HT://DIG works for the main part, but there must be some errors here and
there. But I decided to release the HT://DIG sources to see if there 
is a need for such a program. I am not a real C++ programmer so, any help
with this is greatly appreciated.

Bert Vortman.

e-mail: htdig@spinnewiel.xs4all.nl