ncoverby@ndsuvax.UUCP (Glen Overby) (12/27/88)
I have spent the past several days updating the Minix archives on
NDSUVM1.bitnet. The file server now contains Vincent Broman's 1.1-1.2 and
1.2-1.3 update packages, sources for ELLE, PATCH, Stevie, BAWK, my monthly
collection of changes from the group and some other miscelaneous programs.
Those without internet access should now be able to access these packages
thru listserv@ndsuvm1 with either mail or Bitnet messages.
Hopefully this will also cut down the "I missed XXX" traffic on the group.
For the benefit of those who don't know how to access this server, here
is the "NDSUVM1.BITNET" section from the Minix Information Sheet:
At NDSU we have two archives of information about Minix on our LISTSERV. The
first is an automated log of all messages sent to the MINIX-L list, and the
other is an manually organized archive of sources sent to the list. Both are
accessed either thru anonymous FTP to vm1.nodak.edu or by mail. Some
possible addresses from other networks are:
Bitnet: listserv@ndsuvm1
Internet: listserv@vm1.NoDak.EDU
UUCP: psuvax1!ndsuvm1.bitnet!listserv
**NOTE** Many Unix sites have had difficulty contacting this server
because it is VERY stringent about what it accepts as valid mail.
The mailing list logs are kept in the "MINIX-L" section, with all filenames
of the form:
MINIX-L LOGyymmw
where "yy" is the year, "mm" is the numeric month and "w" is an alphabetic
character from A to E indicating what week of the month. Several months of
log files are kept on-line, the number depending on disk space availability.
Database functions are also available on the listserv to aid in searching
this archive. To obtain a "Subject" index of the MINIX-L archives, send the
listserv a file or mail with the following "job" in the message body:
// JOB Echo=No
Database Search DD=Rules
//Rules DD *
search * in minix-l since 88/06/01
index
and you will be sent a file containing all of the 'Subject:' lines sent to
MINIX-L@NDSUVM1 (the Bitnet side of the Minix discussion lists) since
January 1, 1988. If you wish to request one or more items, replace the
'index' line in the above job with 'print [refnum]' where 'refnum' is the
reference number contained in the index listing. Documentation on all
database functions is available by sending the following command (contents
of the body of a message) to the listserv:
INFO DATABASE
The other (manually maintained) archives are kept in the "MINIX" section.
To obtain a list of the files in either of these archive sections, send
the command:
INDEX MINIX
or
INDEX MINIX-L
Files are retrieved with the 'GET' command:
GET MORE INFO MINIX
to get the file "MORE INFO" from the group "MINIX".
For a complete list of information on the listserv:
INFO ?
Due to the 80-character per line (punched card) limit on Bitnet mail, many of
the files will be shipped using an encoding scheme that allows logical lines
to be split up into many physical lines. The default for going to other
networks is "Listserv Punch". Information on obtaining a program to decode
listserv punch format is sent with each encoded file.
Please direct all comments and questions about this archive to Glen Overby at
<nu070156@ndsuvm1.bitnet> or <nu070156@vm1.NoDak.EDU>
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