Begin3 Title: Ferret Version: 1.1 Entered-date: 96.09.28 Description: Ferret is intended for indexing a collection of documents containing thousands of files and tens to hundreds of megabytes worth of data. Originally intended for indexing small to medium sized web-sites, the actual engine is general enough to be used for any type of text. The query mechanism is very fast and includes a nifty front-end for the World-Wide-Web. Three different web interfaces are available to support everyone from the novice to advanced user. Multiple output formats are also available. Ferret supports many advanced search abilities including: boolean operators, phrase matching, proximity, and word expansion. Ferret is a commercial product that is free for educational or non-profit organizations. For more information, send email to ferret-info@verisim.com, phone +1-613-224-7547, fax +1-613-224-7542, or visit http://www.verisim.com/ This evaluation version is completely free until Nov 26, 1996. Keywords: search engine software program index text html code mail Author: Brian C. White Maintained-by: Brian C. White Primary-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/utils/text 189k ferret-1.1-eval.tar.gz 1440 ferret-1.1-eval.lsm Platform: Perl-5, c++ compiler Copying-policy: Free for personal use. No source included. End