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[[ Info file: archive-help Updated: 03-Jan-92 by James Revell ]]
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1. How to reach UUNET's 900 number via uucp
Here are some sample a L.sys or Systems file lines suitable for
UUNET's 900 number:
# Simple line.
uunet Any ACU 19200 1-900-468-7727 in:--in:--in: uucp
#
# Set up for a Telebit.
uunet Any cua0 19200 cua0 "" ATX0S50=255S111=30DT19004687727\r CONNECT "" login: uucp
Modify as appropriate for your site, of course, to deal with your
local telephone system and uucp version.
All modems on the 900 lines are Telebit T2500s. Note that these
modems first answer with V.32, then at 2400, 1200, and last with PEP
tones. This "900" number charges $.50US per minute to the caller.
2. Where the files are
This file of instructions exists as the file uunet!~/info/archive-help
uunet!~/ls-lR.Z contains a list of all files available. This is the
compressed output of an `ls -lR' command. This file is updated each
night. (Note this file is currently about 520 Kbytes *compressed*).
Information on other indexes can be found in uunet!~/index/README.
The file uunet!~/info/layout details the basic organization of the
archive.
3. File formats
Files with .Z endings are compressed. The uncompress program is
available in uunet!~/compress.tar if you don't have it.
Some very large files have been split into several files for you.
This are usually evidenced by sequenced endings after a .Z ending.
eg: emacs/18.57.Z.01 .. emacs/18.57.Z.39
After you obtain all of the parts you need only concatenate them
in the proper order.
eg: cat 18.57.Z.* > emacs-18.57.Z
4. uunet!~/tmp
Please refer to uunet!~/info/incoming-policy for information on the
use of our ~ftp/tmp directory.
5. uucp file transfer advice (answers to FAQ)
You must write files you transfer to a directory which the user
"uucp" has write access. That user, not you, will actually do the
transfer. /usr/spool/uucppublic is the common place used.
You may see different pathnames for files in our archive which
equate to the same thing. Our archive is actually /usr/spool/ftp
(aka ~ftp), but it also accessible as /usr/spool/uucppublic (aka
~uucp, or just ~ for UUCP). FTP folks see the archive as just /
(eg: ftp.uu.net:/).
Be sure you use absolute pathnames when specifying remote filename.
If you don't, your working directory will be prepended to the
pathname in the command. uunet!file and uunet!~/file are different.
uunet!~/ is the best reference to the base of the archive via uucp.
Permission denied messages normally indicate a file name or
file access problem. If you are using an old copy of our ls-lR.Z
to find files, you may be using an old filename. Names change as
new versions appear, plus we're remodeling right now.
Beware when using shell meta-characters in transfers. You need to
escape them in most circumstances (eg: the ! in csh). Also note
that there are a number of UUCP implementations which do not handle
multi-file transfers correctly. If you pass a * to the remote
system you may get 'access denied' messages. These indicate a UUCP
problem, not a file problem.
6. Further help
Send email to uunet!archive-request for assistance with archive
related issues. We usually respond within the next business day.