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GLIMPSE

GLIMPSE is a tool for indexing and searching through file systems. It uses very small indexes (2-4% of the size of the files indexed) and allows flexible full-text retrieval including Boolean searches and approximate matches. The home page includes documentation and sources for retrieving the software:

http://glimpse.cs.arizona.edu:1994/

Spinning the Web by Andrew Ford
© 1995 International Thomson Publishing
© 2002 Andrew Ford and Ford & Mason Ltd
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