What is Index Server?

John Savill

January 8, 2000

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A. It gives the ability to perform full-text searches and retrieve information from a Web browser. It can search HTML, text, and all Microsoft Office documents.

When started, it builds an index of the virtual roots and subdirectories on your Web server. You can select which directories and file types can be skipped.

The index is updated automatically whenever a file is added, deleted, or changed on the server.

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