Re: Newbie: Site search, more than one directory

From: Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 10:24:57 +0000
Subject: Re: Newbie: Site search, more than one directory
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At 04:11 PM 8/30/2001, Steve Wright wrote:
Hey, I have just developed a simple site search.. .and am after learning how to get it to search all directories... at present, it only searches the one it is in!!
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            $cmdstr = "grep -i $searchstr *";
"man grep" on my linux box shows:
       -r, --recursive
              Read all files under each directory, recursively; this is equivalent to the -d recurse
              option.
change it to: $cmdstr = "grep -r -i $searchstr *"; In all honesty though, you might want to use an ereg_replace() on $searchstr before doing that, so that special shell characters can't get through. Interesting take on searching... -j --------------------------------------------------
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