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FAST FISH <[log in to unmask]>
Fri, 3 Dec 1993 19:34:34 EST
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> >2) is there any way that fileserver files can be
> >included in Listserv searches,
>
> Everything is possible, of course, but there is no SIMPLE way to do this,
> though I understand it has been done.  You have to write a database driver
> to work with the individual items.  Certainly if the individual items are
> just pieces of notebooks then the existing notebook database driver (LSVDBNB)
> is pretty useable as is, though you still have to tell LISTSERV what files
> are in your database (the DBNAMES files), create an index to your database
> (the DBINDEX files), and, indeed, tell LISTSERV that your database even
> exists (the DATABASE FILE file).
>
Sounds simple enough...Not! 8-)
 
Good answer, Bill; thank you very much.
 
Jeff

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