Hi,
Before doing a deep dive into lucene I would appreciate it if you would
clarify a few things so I know if this is the right project to fulfill my
objective.
1. It is my my understanding that google search is a more elaborate utility
but not unlike this *.nix search utility grep which searches for a string
pattern recursively in text files , for example files could .java files
, .html files. The search starts in this case from the current directory.
grep -RiIl 'search'
Quick grep explanation:
-R - recursive search
-i - case-insensitive
-I - skip binary files
-l - print a simple list as output.
2. Further to my undersrand , if it correct, is the objective of lucene
pretty much the same . Searching for String patterns recursively ?
3. If lucene is a search engine same as google or grep then do I just
point it to my website root directory ?
4. Can I use lucene as a web search engine same as Google, if so where
would I point it to so that lucence can recursively search the www
websites ?
5. Is lucene use case for something else entirely ?
Thanks
