Search inside archives feature. Is it possible?

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semel666
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Search inside archives feature. Is it possible?

Post by semel666 »

Ive recently discovered the new search engine out there - http://www.mysterbin.com
And what really amazed me was that MB could search within archives

For instance:

http://www.mysterbin.com/search?q=blue+ ... e=0&group=

archive name "ich844" You cant guess what is inside.
But MB reveals you the secret - ****.mkv.

I understand that web based search and built-in search is totally different, i guess.
But still i cant help but wonder if it is possible somehow to implement this feature?
alex
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Re: Search inside archives feature. Is it possible?

Post by alex »

The rar file format doesn't have a file directory, the file information is scattered through the rar file.

So if many small files the only way is to download everything, if not maybe one can seek for parts containing rar headers with file names.

Web services use sql databases with limited search language (I don't know about this site), so it is maybe more flexible as hardware becomes faster, with UE search service there are hardcoded data structures with the capability to search for everything posted whether subjects are formatted well or not, but I may need to look for changes because of rising retention.
semel666
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Re: Search inside archives feature. Is it possible?

Post by semel666 »

I see ,thanx for explanation about this one
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