> Now, I'd like to search these library files based on specified criteria
> much like I can do for my list database.  Is this possible and if so,
> how is it done?
>
There *was* a way.  I remember a document and possibly some code
written by Sylvia Giordano? and stored on one of the European
LISTSERVs that described how to build a database, store it on
LISTSERV so that it was searchable with the LISTSERV database
searching facilities just like the archive logs of a list.
 
I kept those files around until the down-sizers got rid of our
VM system.  Maybe someone else remembers where those files were
and whether or not they would still work with the current VM
LISTSERV.
 
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