bhua_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Bobby Huang) (05/06/89)
I was going to download stuff from binaries today figuring that would always be there when I received a rude awakening! The files were gone! Could someone please put them back(arp1.3, wanderer, plplot, and disksalv)? Thanx!
tadguy@cs.odu.edu (Tad Guy) (05/08/89)
[ Warning: Suggestion to use ftp enclosed. Don't read if that bothers you. ] In article <1832@ur-cc.UUCP>, bhua_cif@uhura (Bobby Huang) writes: >I was going to download stuff from binaries today figuring that would always >be there when I received a rude awakening! The files were gone! Could >someone please put them back(arp1.3, wanderer, plplot, and disksalv)? I assume you mean that the files you wanted were no longer in comp.binaries.amiga on your machine at Rochester. This is normal, as most sites expire such articles after a certain amount of time (the default is two weeks, though many sites expire them sooner due to disk constraints). Your system administrator might be able to get the backarticles for you from a backup tape (if your sysadmin backs-up news). But since you're on the Internet, you can just ftp the binaries from a comp.binaries.amiga archive site (such as xanth.cs.odu.edu). Hope this helps... ...tad
sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) (05/08/89)
In article <1832@ur-cc.UUCP> bhua_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Bobby Huang) writes: > >I was going to download stuff from binaries today figuring that would always >be there when I received a rude awakening! The files were gone! Could >someone please put them back(arp1.3, wanderer, plplot, and disksalv)? >Thanx! Sorry, but that's not how Usenet works. Bob Page sends out the binary files. Those files get sent to machines all over the world, yours included. They are then *on your machine's hard disk*. If they disapeared, it means that someone on your machine deleted them (probably to conserve space). You need to talk to your system administrator to see if he can restore them. They will not be re-sent out. That would mean duplicating the files to all of the machines that already have it. A big waste of money. If you can't get your system administrator to put the files back up for you, maybe you can talk someone else out in netland to e-mail the files to you. [I posted this rather than Email, in case there were others out there who don't understand how usenet works] -- John Sparks | {rutgers|uunet}!ukma!corpane!sparks | D.I.S.K. 24hrs 1200bps [not for RHF] | sparks@corpane.UUCP | 502/968-5401 thru -5406 I fear explanations explanatory of things explained.