.TH htsearch 1 "6 October 2001"
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.SH NAME
htsearch \- create document index and word database for the ht://Dig
search engine
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B htsearch
.I "[options]" "[query_string]"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.I Htsearch
is used to sift through the  databases created by \fIhtdig\fR for content.
It is the actual search engine of the \fIhtdig\fR search system. It is a CGI
program that is expected to be invoked by an HTML form. It will accept both the
GET and POST methods of passing data to the CGI program. 
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B query_string
A CGI-style query string can be given as a single
argument, and is only used if the REQUEST_METHOD environment
variable is not set.  If no query_string is given, and
REQUEST_METHOD is not set, htsearch will prompt for the query.
.TP
.B \-c \fIconfigfile\fR
Use the specified
.I configfile
instead of the default (for security reasons this option is only
available when htsearch is used on the command line).
.TP
.B \-v \-d
Run in verbose mode.  This increases the verbosity of the
program.  Using more than 2 is probably only useful
for debugging purposes.  The default verbose mode
gives a progress on what it is doing and where it is.
.SH "FILES"
.TP
.B /etc/htdig/htdig.conf
The default configuration file.
.TP
.B /etc/htdig/header.html
The default search results header file
.TP
.B /etc/htdig/footer.html
The default search results footer file
.TP
.B /etc/htdig/wrapper.html
The default search results wrapper file, that contains the header and footer together in one file
.TP
.B /etc/htdig/nomatch.html
The default 'no matches found' HTML file
.TP
.B /etc/htdig/syntax.html
The default file that explains boolean expression syntax errors 
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Please refer to the HTML pages (in the htdig-doc package)
.B /usr/share/doc/htdig-doc/html/index.html
and the manual pages
.I htdig(1)
and
.I htmerge(1)
for a detailed description of ht://Dig and its commands.
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Stijn de Bekker and updated by Robert Ribnitz. It is based on the HTML documentation of ht://Dig.