[Perlfect-search] configuring no_index and other assorted miseries (reply)

[Nutsy Waterbelly]

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for the quick response, but that really didn't answer my question.
Apparently, I'm having more difficulty than I originally thought.  First, I
added the all (ok... like most) of the directories that I wanted no to be
indexed.  (IMO I think it would be easier to specify7 the ones I DO want
indexed... there are FAR FEWER of them for me.)  But, it still goes right ahead
and indexes (Sp??!?) them anyway.  Here is a link to my no_index.txt file. 
(http://www.angelfire.com/weird/nutsywb/work/no_index.txt) 

Please note, I'm on NT and trying to specify the files for that system.  I went
in and (unsuccessfully the first time. oopsie) edited the conf.pl (eek!) so
that it wouldn't do the \/ thing, as I thought that was the problem.  I thought
this because the output from the indexer was specifying file names like this:
C:\dirhome\dirhome2\/dirIdon'twant\subdirIdon'twant\file.html

See my happy sys admin decided to install perl right in the root for the
intranet site.  (??!? yeah... I know) Hey... it got the perl to work.  so now
I'm indexing all the perl html help files. 

Please help me!

Additionally (boy when it rains it pours), when I try to run the search I get a
403 error with
"http://semaghost/cgi-bin/perlfect/search?p=1&q=gastonia&mode=all" in the URL. 
I realize I'm having permission difficulties, I just don't know what files to
set to what.  Please help too!

Thanks for all your help!

Gina



--- Daniel Naber <daniel.naber@t-online.de> wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 March 2001 22:23, you wrote:
> 
> > But I digress. I have installed the Perlfect Search on our NT hosting
> > system for use on my company's intranet system. But it seems to be
> > indexing subdirectories I don't want it to index.  I specified the root
> > directories, but do I have to exaustively list EVERY SUB DIRECTORY I
> > don't want it to index?  I mean... eek!
> 
> Here's the new/extended FAQ item about this topic (Giorgos, can you please 
> update the files on the server from CVS?)
> 
> Regards
>  Daniel
> 
> How do I exclude directories/files from indexing?
> 
> Inside the installation directory there is a directory called conf and 
> inside it there's a file called no_index.txt containing the paths to all 
> directories or files that are excluded from the indexing. Add the 
> directories/files you want, and run the indexer again. You can use the * 
> wildcard with the usual meaning it has in UNIX or DOS/WINDOWS, i.e. to 
> exclude a complete directory use something like 
> /usr/local/httpd/htdocs/private/*
> 
> If you have several files with the same name that should be excluded no 
> matter in which directory they are use something like 
> /usr/local/httpd/htdocs/*private_file.html or 
> /usr/local/httpd/htdocs/*private_directory/* (assuming $DOCUMENT_ROOT = 
> '/usr/local/httpd/htdocs').
> 
> If you are using $HTTP_START_URL, meta tags for robots in the HTML files 
> will be checked, but a server-wide /robots.txt will be ignored. Remember 
> that Perlfect Search should only be used to index your own server, not 
> other people's server!
> 
> -- 
> Daniel Naber, Paul-Gerhardt-Str. 2, 33332 Guetersloh, Germany
> Tel. 05241-59371, Mobil 0170-4819674


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