wegrzyn@encore.UUCP (Chuck Wegrzyn) (03/28/85)
To All Concerned :
If you wish to recover GNU emacs you can dial into
our system and retrieve it. The GNU emacs files are available
in four forms : tar format, shar format and compressed and
not compressed. Pick which is best for you. The file names,
and sizes are :
name format compressed size
-----------------------------------------------
GNUtar tar no 3225600
GNUtar.Z tar yes 1234510
GNUshar shar no 2418739
GNUshar.Z shar yes 941428
The compressed file is done using the Lempel-Ziv version of
compress. If you don't have a copy of this program send me a
message and I will send it to you. The command to get the file
of your choice is
uucp 'encore!~/XXXXX' YYY
where XXXXX is one of GNUtar, GNUtar.Z, GNUshar, GNUshar.Z
and YYY is the name of the file you want to call it on your
system. Remember that you must have the correct privs to
the YYY file otherwise the request will fail. If that happens
you might try /usr/spool/uucppublic for YYY which usually will
work; the file created will be /usr/spool/uucppublic/XXXXX.
Our modem is available for calling in between the
hours of 6:00PM and 6:00AM, EST. Please don't call in at
other times, it upsets our system. The phone number and
login information is
phone number : (617) 431-1476
login : uugnu
password : unguu
The modem is 1200 Baud.
With the current performance of UUCP you will see a
transfer rate of about 100 chars/second. Using this value you
will see transfer times around 2 hours for GNUshar.Z to 8
hours for GNUtar. So, pick your medicine.
If you want a tape, please send some mail to me. I am
trying to fill all the requests, but must 'space' them out over
a period of time. Therefore the messages are processed in a
fifo manner; be patient.
As people get GNU emacs I wish they would do a number
of things. First, post a message to net.emacs indicating that
a copy is available and where - this is to allow everyone to
find the closest site with a copy - and that any bugs found,
improvements made, or fixed problems be posted to net.emacs.
When building a GNU emacs system from one of the above
files I suggest that you start by creating a directory called
GNUemacs. You should than copy the file YYY to it. You should
then rebuild the system by first uncompacting the file, if you
received a .Z file. The final step before real work can be
accomplished is to 'untar' it or 'unshar' it. To unshar the
file you only need enter the command
sh YYY
To untar the file you only need to enter
tar xbf 20 YYY
That should do it.
Thanks for waiting...
Chuck Wegrzyn
{allegra,decvax,ihnp4,linus,princeton,talcott}!encore!wegrzyn