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- # Copyright (C) Khun Yee Fung clipper@csd.uwo.ca
- # You can do anything to this program except selling it for profit or
- # pretending you wrote it.
- # $Id: README,v 1.1 1991/07/14 08:21:40 clipper Exp clipper $
-
- This is a archie client written in Perl using the prospero protocol.
- It is standalone with no dependance on the prospero code in
- prospero.tar.Z on june.cs.washington.edu. I am not sure this program
- is useful as there is also a standalone archie program in that file
- archive, except that you have to compile the propero file system too.
- Anyhow.
-
- To start things off, modify the file archie.depend. You should also
- move archie in the directory where you store you perl scripts. The
- library files should be in the perl library.
-
- As I don't have a full document of the propero, some of the details in
- prospero might be misunderstood by me. I read the source code of the
- prospero file system to get information on the prospero protocol. I do
- have the file called protocol.txt from june.cs.washington.edu, but it
- is not complete. I would like to have a pointer to a fuller
- description, including the header information of the packets.
-
- This program is in the alpha testing stage. Other than the fact that I
- am still not 100% sure of the protocol, I consider it really in beta
- test. I need people to test, improve, and suggest, to make it better.
- It is written on a Sun 3/50. I tried it on a MIPSRISC/os 4.51. It
- worked. I have also tried it on a Sequent symmetry Dynix Version
- something. These are the machines that I have access to. It might not
- work on other machines. If you port it to another machine type,
- please send me the diffs, thanks. If you find bugs on other machine
- types, please also tell me. I would like to knwo how portable the
- program is.
-
- The program has a format facility to output the entries sent back
- from the archie server.
-
- Format:
- The default format string is:
-
- %02seq Host %host
-
- Location: %dir
- %type %mode %size %date %name
-
- That is, an entry will look like this:
-
- Host rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de
-
- Location: /soft/tex/machines/atari/passautex
- File -rw-rw-r-- 148864 1991 Feb 14 11:34 GMT TeXDraw-1,41-ST.lzh
-
- You can read the file archie.examples' for more examples.
-
- Things to be done:
-
- 1, A default sorting option.
-
- 2, Clean up the code.
-
- 3, Get a full description of the protocol and archie entry-sending behaviour.
-
- 4, Clean up the resolver code for the people without a resolver library.
-
- 5, I am sure I can think of other things to improve.
-
- Please send your comments, criticisms, diffs, etc. to me at
- clipper@csd.uwo.ca. Yes, you can even criticise my programming style.
-
- Khun Yee
- July 14
-