bownesrm@beowulf.UUCP (Waiting for the Sun) (01/16/90)
I seem to have solved the problem with the archiver server for the 32k
sources archives at beowulf. It should be available once again.
Enclosed below are the directions for getting to it. If you have any
troubles, please let me know.
Bob Bownes
How to use the Program Archive at Beowulf
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Bob Bownes (bownesrm@beowulf.uucp) 1/17/89
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An automatic mail forwarder is used to retrieve archived materials
from the "beowulf" system. To use it, follow these simple directions.
1) Send message to "snarf-32k@beowulf.uucp" or "beowulf!snarf-32k" or
"snarf-6000@beowulf.uucp" or "beowulf!snarf-6000" depending on the
archive you want. Snarf-6000 is the Tandy 6000 archives, and snarf-32k
is the USENET 32k-project archives.
2) For a Subject, use only the word "snarf"
3) For the body of the message, use the following commands, each
starting in the 1st column:
snarf index
This returns an up-to-date index of what files
are available
snarf directory <dir>
This gives a current listing of the files available
in directory <dir> (i.e, "Games", "Editors", etc.)
snarf files <file> [<file> ...]
This command requests selected files be sent by
return mail to the sender of the message. All files
should be specified relative to a directory, and
wild-card character expansion is allowed.
NOTE: Please Do Not do a snarf files */*. This ties up the phone For A Long
Time Uneccesarily. I guarantee you that you won't be able to use all
4Mb of this at once anyway. If you want everything, either spread it
over a number of days or ask me and I can probably get it onto some form
of media you can read. If the practice of snarfing */* continues,
I'll turn it off...Sorry to be a tyrant, but I'm paying the phone
bills.
Example:
snarf files Games/larn* Mail/ease*
Requested files / info will be sent using the "From_" header field,
so this must be syntactically correct (some mailers insert domains
in this field, which is incorrect!).
Any problems, questions or comments should be mailed to me.
Bob Bownes - bownesrm@beowulf.uucp
Much thanks is due to Tim Northrup @ brspyr1 who wrote the first version
of this and supplied it to me. I converted it for use on systems without
.forward capability and rewrote it in C.
--
"Reading legal mush can turn your brain to guacamole." - Commodore/Amiga Manual
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