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- MaasInfo.Archie = How to use the 'Archie' service to find out where files
- are available on the InterNet. Version of 1991.Dec.17
-
- Although the information hererin is mostly public domain, this particular
- organization of the information is Copyright 1991 by Robert Elton Maas,
- all rights reserved. This file is posted as trivial shareware. If it is
- worth more than a dollar to you, contact the author to arrange payment by
- giving the author some other information of comparable value the author
- wants and/or get the file MaasInfo.SQWA which is a listing of
- Specific Questions Waiting for Answers which the author has already
- decided are acceptable for your trivial-shareware "fee".
-
- The author can be contacted at:
- 408-249-7916 (RealmOfWonder) ROBERT.MAAS@F212.N143.Z1.FIDONET.ORG
- 408-245-7726 (DarkSideOfMoon) !apple!uuwest!rem or <rem@darkside.com>
- VoicePhone: 415-969-2958
-
-
- %% ARCHIE, DIRECT ONLINE ACCESS
-
- It is assumed you have an account on an InterNet computer with direct
- TCP/IP access, and that said computer has a TELNET user program that lets
- you connect to other TCP/IP hosts.
-
- To obtain archie service is very simple. From North America, use TELNET
- to connect to host quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (132.206.2.3 or 132.206.51.1) or
- archie.ans.net (147.225.1.2), then log in as archie (lower case, no
- password). The procedure is the same in other continents using the
- appropriate local site: Australia: sol.deakin.oz.au (128.184.1.1) or
- maybe just deakin.oz.au; Europe: nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100).
-
- Once you get connected you can type HELP to get detailed online
- documentation, but mostly you need only a few commands to get started:
-
- set maxhits 20
- (This causes any search that results in more than 20 matches to stop at
- 20. This prevents the search program from running for a very long time
- finding thousands of matches but with no output, then suddenly being done
- with the search and sending you the matches for the next hour. Better to
- have it abort after just the first 20 matches and show them to you, then
- you can see why it's getting so many matches and perhaps give a more
- precise query next time that doesn't result in so many matches.)
-
- set search sub
- (This causes any search to be done in case-insensitive mode. The default, if
- this command isn't given first, is to be case-sensitive like Unix.)
-
- prog <FilenameKwExp>
- (Search for a file (called 'program' here) by name. If you see a program
- announced by name, but the host where it was announced is unavailable,
- you can see what other hosts have that program. This is also good for
- browsing. You pick one program that you think is likely to be copied to
- many places, and you find where it is located. Then you connect to each
- of those places and browse around to see what else of a similar nature is
- there.) (The expression is a 'regular expresion' from Unix infamity. It's
- case-sensitive, so if you want any case of "dog" you must say
- [Dd][Oo][Gg].)
-
- whatis <TopicSubstring>
- (Search for a file by keywords in its description. I hardly ever use this
- command, and when I tried it it didn't work for me, so I won't say much
- further, but you might want to try it sometime.)
-
-
- Here is a sample session:
-
- telnet 132.206.2.3
- VM TCP/IP Telnet R1.2.1
- Connecting to 132.206.2.3, port TELNET (23)
- Using Line Mode...
- Notes on using Telnet when in Line Mode:
- - To hide Password, Hit PF3 or PF15
- - To enter Telnet Command, Hit PF4-12, or PF16-24
- MORE... SUWATSON
- SunOS UNIX (quiche.CS.McGill.CA)
- login: archie
- ARCHIE: The McGill School of Computer Science Archive Server ?30 May 1991?
-
- The email interface now supports the 'whatis' and 'list' commands. For more
- info send the word 'help' as the subject or in the body of a message to
-
- archie@cs.mcgill.ca
-
- We encourage the use of archie during off-peak hours for better response
- times. This would be between the hours of 21:00 and 9:00 EDT (GMT -04)
-
- Note that archie updates sites on a monthly basis (round-robin). If you
- find a site listed in the database which is no longer available for
- anonymous ftp, please let us know.
-
- ** corrections/additions to archie-admin@cs.mcgill.ca
-
- ** 'help' for help
- ** bug reports, comments etc. to archie-l@cs.mcgill.ca
-
- archie> prog miniWRITER
- # matches / % database searched: 0 / 0% 0 / 4% 0 /
- 8% 0 / 12% 0 / 16% 0 / 20% 0 /
- 24% 0 / 28% 0 / 32% 0 / 36% 0 /
- 40% 1 2 2 / 2 / 43% 2 / 44%
- 2 / 48% 2 / 52% 2 / 56% 3
- 4 5 5 / 5 / 59% 6 7 8
- 9 10 10 / 10 / 59% 11 12 13 1
- 4 15 15 / 15 / 59% 16 17 18 1
- 8 / 18 / 59% 18 / 60% 18 / 64% 1
- 8 / 68% 18 / 72% 18 / 76% 19 19 /
- 19 / 77% 19 / 80% 19 / 84% 19 / 88%
- 20 21 21 / 21 / 90% 21 / 92%
- 21 / 96%
-
- Host rascal.ics.utexas.edu (128.83.138.20)
- Last updated 05:02 18 May 1991
-
- Location: /misc/mac/text-utilities
- FILE rw-r--r-- 905 Apr 7 1990 miniWRITER_1.6_intro
- Location: /misc/mac/system-related
- FILE rw-r--r-- 905 Apr 7 1990 miniWRITER_1.6_intro
-
- Host vega.hut.fi (130.233.200.42)
- Last updated 05:10 25 May 1991
-
- Location: /appleshare/PublicDomain/DAS/.resource
- FILE rwxrwxr-x 0 May 30 1989 miniWRITER 1.4.sit
- Location: /appleshare/PublicDomain/DAS/.finderinfo
- FILE rwxrwxr-x 286 May 30 1989 miniWRITER 1.4.sit
- Location: /appleshare/PublicDomain/DAS
- FILE rwxrwxr-x 3456 May 30 1989 miniWRITER 1.4.sit
-
- Host earth.rs.itd.umich.edu (141.211.165.34)
- Last updated 01:05 11 Jun 1991
-
- Location: /mac.bin/system.extensions/da/MiniWriter 1.6 :c4/.AppleDouble
- FILE rw------- 1279 Apr 3 23:32 miniWRITER.appendix
- Location: /mac.bin/system.extensions/da/MiniWriter 1.6 :c4
- FILE rw------- 20442 Apr 3 23:32 miniWRITER.appendix
-
- Host vega.hut.fi (130.233.200.42)
- Last updated 05:10 25 May 1991
-
- Location: /appleshare/PublicDomain/DAS/MiniWriter/.resource
-
- FILE rwxrwxr-x 690 May 30 1989 miniWRITER.appendix
- Location: /appleshare/PublicDomain/DAS/MiniWriter/.finderinfo
- FILE rwxrwxr-x 286 May 30 1989 miniWRITER.appendix
- Location: /appleshare/PublicDomain/DAS/MiniWriter
- FILE rwxrwxr-x 20442 May 30 1989 miniWRITER.appendix
-
- Host earth.rs.itd.umich.edu (141.211.165.34)
- Last updated 01:05 11 Jun 1991
-
- Location: /mac.bin/system.extensions/da/MiniWriter 1.6 :c4/.AppleDouble
- FILE rw------- 1319 Apr 3 23:32 miniWRITER.doc
- Location: /mac.bin/system.extensions/da/MiniWriter 1.6 :c4
- FILE rw------- 49966 Apr 3 23:32 miniWRITER.doc
-
- Host vega.hut.fi (130.233.200.42)
- Last updated 05:10 25 May 1991
-
- Location: /appleshare/PublicDomain/DAS/MiniWriter/.resource
- FILE rwxrwxr-x 690 May 30 1989 miniWRITER.doc
- Location: /appleshare/PublicDomain/DAS/MiniWriter/.finderinfo
- FILE rwxrwxr-x 286 May 30 1989 miniWRITER.doc
- Location: /appleshare/PublicDomain/DAS/MiniWriter
-
- FILE rwxrwxr-x 50876 May 30 1989 miniWRITER.doc
- Location: /appleshare/PublicDomain/DAS/MiniWriter/.resource
- FILE rwxrwxr-x 28432 May 30 1989 miniWRITER:aa 1.39
- Location: /appleshare/PublicDomain/DAS/MiniWriter/.finderinfo
- FILE rwxrwxr-x 286 May 30 1989 miniWRITER:aa 1.39
- Location: /appleshare/PublicDomain/DAS/MiniWriter
- FILE rwxrwxr-x 0 May 30 1989 miniWRITER:aa 1.39
-
- Host watserv1.waterloo.edu (129.97.129.140)
- Last updated 05:21 25 May 1991
-
- Location: /freeware/mac/Desk_Accessories/Miscellaneous_DAs
- FILE rw-r--r-- 106295 Feb 25 15:52 miniWRITER_DA.sit.hqx
-
- Host earth.rs.itd.umich.edu (141.211.165.34)
- Last updated 01:05 11 Jun 1991
-
- Location: /mac.bin/system.extensions/da/MiniWriter 1.6 :c4/.AppleDouble
- FILE rw------- 37133 Apr 3 23:32 miniWRITER 1.6
- Location: /mac.bin/system.extensions/da/MiniWriter 1.6 :c4
- FILE rw------- 0 Apr 3 23:31 miniWRITER 1.6
-
- archie> quit
- Session ended. <ENTER> to return to CMS.
- Telnet terminated -- Connection closed
- Ready; T=0.46/1.12 01:23:30
-
-
- %% ARCHIE, INDIRECT ACCESS VIA EXCHANGES OF ELECTRONIC MAIL
-
- Send electronic mail to 'archie@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca'.
- The text of the message should be a single line with just 'HELP'.
- You'll get back instructions for using the above commands via email,
- but basically you simply send the normal commands such as PROG ...
- to that email address.
-
-
- %% ARCHIE, Related topics:
-
- - How to find where files are located on BitNet and email servers? There
- is at present no general index or finder-service of such files. The best
- I can suggest is look at the indexes of interest groups and see if any of
- them are on a relevant topic, then ask the fileserver or mailing-list
- maintainer where the files are. (Send HELP to the fileserver for a list
- of commands.) See MaasInfo.TopIndex for a list of those indexes and how
- to get them.
-
- - How to find general information about how to use servers, e-mail etc.?
- Usually sending HELP to a fileserver or listserver or ftpmail server etc.
- will cause a starting document and list of commands to be sent back to
- you via email. There are also some tutorials on use of these facilities.
- See MaasInfo.TopIndex for a list of indexes of servers. See
- MaasInfo.DocIndex for a list of tutorials.
-
-
- %% ARCHIE, End.
-
-