searchgeo(1)

NAME

searchgeo - query the Geocrawler mailing lists search engine

DESCRIPTION

searchgeo is a commandline script to query the Geocrawler search engine. Geocrawler archives many of the Debian mailing lists as well as other Linux related lists.

SYNOPSIS

searchgeo -H

searchgeo [ -l list1 [ list2 ] ... ] -p pattern

OPTIONS

-b: - pull bodies too

-D: - download and save the list names to a config file in ~/.searchscripts/. This allows for quicker startup as the list name page doesn't have to be pulled each time. If you've used -D, you should run it once in a while to make sure the lists are up-to-date.

-H: - pull the geocrawler.com home page into the browser

-L pat1 [pat2 [ ... ]]: - print the lists that match the partial arguments pat1 ...; "-L \*" to see all lists.

-l: - lists, default devel
all = devel mentors user

-k: - don't delete the hits file on exit. It will be in /tmp and start with geo__. It is always kept if the browser is Netscape.

-p: - search pattern. The -p is optional if it is the only switch.

-t <seconds>: - socket timeout, default 60

BROWSERS

If you use Netscape as your browser, the temp files will be left in /tmp and you'll have delete them occasionally. These files are automatically deleted if you use a different browser.

ENVIRONMENT

SSBROWSER: If this variable is set in the environment (e.g. export SSBROWSER=lynx) it is used.

X11BROWSER: Else if DISPLAY is set then the X11BROWSER environment variable is checked for the preferred browser. If unset it defaults to lynx.

CONSOLEBROWSER: Else the CONSOLEBROWSER environment variable is checked for the preferred console browser. If unset it defaults to lynx.

EXAMPLES

searchgeo -l all -p murdock perens
searchgeo -l all -p apt beta jason -b
searchgeo cpan perl5
searchgeo -L sql

NOTES

- ^C stops the search and shows the hits to that point if it can
- the SourceForge lists aren't included as there are hundreds of them, mostly empty