Help understanding the "Found XX file(s) for your query: yyy.
Diplaying: Z" message
reddit / irc

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IAmAUser4Real · 2023-04-19 16:23

Hi all,

I started using iRC few months ago, mostly to look for some files,
expecially books, that otherwise I cannot find, or with other means
are not accessible on my network.

Most of the times I receive a message similar to "I have found 31
file(s) for your query: CCNA course. Displaying 3:"

Is there a way to have the whole results shown?

If that matter I use either HexChat or PChat

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Kilobyte22 · 2023-04-19 17:03

So you are using a chat program - to download things? Is this like a
bot thing?

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IAmAUser4Real · 2023-04-19 17:07

I don't really understand it myself. There are certain server, with
specific channels that allow you to search in a vast amount of files,
and to download (or upload if necessary) them.

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Kilobyte22 · 2023-04-19 17:09

Ah I've never seen that. I've only ever used IRC to get tech support
or talk to friends

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dukwon · 2023-04-19 17:43

Some people use IRC to chat, others use it to fileshare. There seems
to be little overlap

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Client-to-Client

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CapnSupermarket · 2023-04-19 20:30

The fserv is sending truncated results so as not to trigger any flood
protections that might be in place, so there isn't a way to get more
results.  Depending on which script and what the user has done, you
may be able to download a full list of their files, or connect to
their fserv and run find to get more results - although those may be
limited as well.

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gunfart · 2023-04-20 22:48

Vingo, this guy is right