aserver@sixhub.UUCP (Archive server) (08/28/90)
This is the help file for the archive server at sixhub.
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The sixhub mail archive server is a service which allows requests to be
sent by mail and serviced automatically. The archives hold three types
of material, the really common things you need for UNIX or MS-DOS, the
programs which are local to sixhub written by our users, and some
material which has been heavily requested on usenet or our BBS and which
is not readily available elsewhere. We do not attempt to keep everything
online, and the volume of outgoing data is limited to reduce phone costs
and keep our neighbors happy.
The archive server at sixhub is broken into a number of areas, and is
being updated several times a week. To request the current index, send a
message to archive-server@sixhub.uucp with the text:
send index to YOURADDRESS
To request a specific file, send text:
send FILE to YOURADDRESS
If the file is in the PCsoftware area, for instance, the FILE would be
PCsoftware/file, whatever the file may be. Case of requests is
important, and incorrect requests will not be filled. Multiple files may be
requested in a single message, one per line.
The YOURADDRESS may be in the form user@node.domain or node!user. If
bang addressing is used the first node *must* be in the net maps.
Examples:
send GIF/ps2gif.zoo to nonane@sixbdf.uucp
^ ^ ^
| | |___ address
| |_________________ filename
|_____________________ area from the index
send PCsoftware/Index to uunet!wse-snazi!humbug
^ ^ ^
| | |_ address, starting from a node in the maps
| |__________ index of this area only
|_____________________ area of interest
Master and area indices:
The name of the master index of everything is "index" as shown in the
1st example. The index of any one area is "Area/Index" (capitalized
Index). At the rate of 20-30 files/week growth, the archive listings
will become large enough to search by sections in the near future. If
you want just the list of areas, the name to request is "Index" (no
area).
Summary of index names:
Name index to
======== ========
index everything
Index just what areas are available
area/Index what's in the area
File compression:
Files may be compressed with a suitable archive program to reduct
transmission time. Compression is indicated by the filetype portion of
the filename. See below:
filetype archiver
.arc SEAware ARC
.pka PKARC or ARC 6.02
.zoo ZOO archiver
.zip ZIP archiver
.lzh LHARC archiver
.Z 16 bit compress
The "zoo" and "arc" formats are common in the MS-DOS and Amiga world,
while versions suitable for UNIX (and portable to VMS) are stored online
in uncompressed format in the "source" area. Compress is a standard UNIX
program, distributed with news, and is available in the C_progs area.
Distribution:
Is by mail in 50k messages, shar format. To reconstruct the original
data you will need the /bin/sh program, or something like it. If the
original file was binary you will also need the uudecode program
(available in the C_progs area).
help v1.4, updated 8/22/89