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- NET SYSTEM COMMANDS 11-Oct-1992
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- NAME
- net - transfer news and mail between systems
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- SYNOPSIS
- net [hostname]
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- DESCRIPTION
- When invoked without parameters, net uses the %hub: and
- %password: entries from the /etc/rc and will try to log
- into the hub. When net is invoked, the connection with the
- hub machine is already initated by the ax-server. If net
- succeeds to log into the hub, it will start the net program
- also in the hub with its own name as the argument.
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- When net is running on both ends, they do a simple
- handshaking and use rn (rn net <host> pack) to compile a
- news packet and c:LhA to compress the packets before sending
- them with xprzmodem.library. When both ends have
- transferred packets, they are uncompressed with c:LhA and
- appropriate programs are run to distribute the packets to
- news and mail systems.
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- For news "rn net <host> unpack" is used, "mailserver" is
- used to handle the mail packet.
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- OPERATION
- 1. News article names are stored in the appropriate batch
- files when they are posted.
- E-mail messages are stored in the normal mail directory
- with the receiving host's name.
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- 2. AX-server calls the host when defined in the rc.server.
- When connected, it will invoke net, which will then log
- into the system and start net in that end too.
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- Caller Hub
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- 3. Compresses mail
- and sends it Receives mail
- unpacks and distributes it
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- 4. Compresses mail
- and sends it
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- Receives mail
- unpacks and distributes it
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- 5. Collects news Collects news
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- 6. Compresses news
- and sends it Receives news
- and uncompresses news
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- 7. Compresses news
- Receives news and sends news
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- 8. Exits host Hangups
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- 9. Uncompresses and
- distributes news Distributes news
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- 10. Exits, returns to ax-server Exits, returns to AXsh
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- FILES
- /bin/net Handles the transfer
- /bin/rn Collects/distributes news
- /bin/mailserver Distributes mail
- c:LhA Packer
- libs:xprzmodem.library Transfer protocol
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- SEE ALSO
- rc.server.man
- rc.news.man
- rc.mail.man
- etc...
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