arnold@skeeve.UUCP (Arnold D. Robbins) (01/30/89)
Once again, it is time to update the list of interesting software that is available via anonymous UUCP from skeeve. The software is described below. (Are people getting tired of this? Or should I continue to do this when things have changed significantly? Let me know.) Here are the details: Phone: +1 404 633-1813 - 1200 baud Unix/PC on-board modem Login: getnews Password: getnews Directory: /usr/spool/uucppublic/dist The files available are listed by group. Each line is the file name, the size in bytes, and a brief description of the contents. The .Z suffix means this stuff is compressed. You can get compress from THE STORE!, and it comes with the news software. The phone line listed above is dedicated to skeeve, so feel free to call at any time of day. It is however, only the 1200 baud modem that comes with the 3B1. I don't own a trailblazer or even a 2400 baud modem, and probably never will.... B News Software: doc.cpio.Z 111197 documentation man.cpio.Z 26692 man pages misc.cpio.Z 42380 miscellanious programs src.cpio.Z 272701 main programs source code - latest patchlevel GNU Software: binutils.tar.Z 169266 programs for binaries - gas, ld, ar, others bison.cpio.Z 205769 yacc replacement gawk2.cpio.Z 193613 gawk 2.02 == System V "new" awk (+/- bugs) gdiff.tar.Z 94815 gnu diff 1.4 grep.cpio.Z 94707 gnu grep 1.2 make.3.27.tr.Z 408635 gnu make (compressed tar format) sed-1.01.tar.Z 51200 gnu sed - just released - beta tar-1.04.tar.Z 146008 gnu tar Software written by Larry Wall (all at latest official patchlevels): rn.cpio.Z 247581 world famous news reading program patch.shar.Z 58187 applies context diffs, also world famous perl2.cpio.Z 337089 perl language interpreter Miscellanious: flex.readme 3221 fast lex - PD-ish lex replacement README flex.shar.Z 93547 fast lex - PD-ish lex replacement mush-6.3.tar.Z 270233 Mail User's Shell - better than mailx palias.shar.Z 54922 Pathalias - builds uucp maps pax.tar.Z 109263 Utility accepts tar and cpio archives rcs.tar.Z 196209 Resource Control System - RCS sc.shar.Z 66525 Spreadsheet Calculator - SC 5.2 - PD smail.shar.Z 68049 UUCP Project's Smail 2.5 texi.shar.Z 22846 Translate GNU Texinfo format to [nt]roff There is a file named INDEX in the directory that will be an up to date ls -l of what I have. What has changed since last time: I have updated my cache of GNU stuff. Everything is as up to date as what's on prep.ai.mit.edu, the FSF distribution machine. In particular, grep, tar, diff, and make are the latest versions. Gnu tar has some *nifty* features, and grep and diff are *F*A*S*T*. The binutils has the assembler and loader and other stuff. If anyone can get them going on the 3B1, it'd be a giant step forward. The version of GNU Awk is the one that I've been working on with David Trueman; it is supposed to be compatible with the AWK language in the book. If you find bugs, let me know! The 'pax' program was written to try and bring some peace to the tar vs. cpio wars in the Posix world; it supposedly accepts both programs' archive styles, as well as their command line interfaces. I haven't looked at it in detail. The news source is at the latest patchlevel, 17. That's it for the moment. Share and enjoy! -- "Crack-pot societies of all kinds sprang up everwhere, advocating everything from absolutism to anarchy. Queer cults arose, preaching free love, the imminent end of the world, and many other departures from the norm of thought." E.E. "Doc" Smith, Children of the Lens, 1954 | Arnold Robbins, skeeve!arnold