arnold@skeeve.UUCP (Arnold D. Robbins) (10/10/88)
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. Please note: ***the directory where this is kept has changed***.
OK. 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 264431 main programs source code
GNU Software:
bison.cpio.Z 89157 parser generator - yacc replacement
gawk.cpio.Z 106165 gnu awk - beta 1.03 - approximately V7 awk
gdiff.tar.Z 97853 gnu diff
grep.tar.Z 87431 gnu grep and egrep replacement
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 320917 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
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
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 just recently acquired the GNU Diff and GNU Grep programs. GNU diff
has a bunch of unofficial bug fixes from the gnu.utils group already
applied, so I left the .orig files in. GNU Grep has to be untar'ed as
root on the unix/pc, since it extracts a subdirectory (this is the untouched
tar file straight from prep.ai.mit.edu).
Bison is also a very recent version, and gawk is the latest version
from prep.ai.mit.edu. This version of gawk is basically compatible with
the one distributed with Unix through SVR3. It is not compatible with the
nawk distributed with SVR3.1 and described in the AWK book by Aho, Kernighan
and Weinberger, however the GNU project has such a version under development
and scheduled for Beta release in the near future. When it's ready, I'll
make it available.
RCS is the RCS you've heard about, as in the RCS vs. SCCS wars that
happen every so often in comp.unix.wizards. It requires the 4.3 BSD
diff, however, gnu diff may do the job instead. It was available for
anonymous ftp from Purdue, so I have no problem putting it up on skeeve,
but note that the code has a copyright on it and there is a license
agreement. I have not done any work with it for the Unix/PC, although
I use it all the time at work.
Mush is the Mail Users SHell, a rather nifty program for reading your
mail. I like it because it has a screen oriented interface. If you
have access to a Sun, it also has a suntools interface.
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