bajan@cs.mcgill.ca (Alan Emtage) (05/11/91)
Archive-name: ftp/database/archie/1991-05-11 Archive-directory: quiche.cs.mcgill.ca:/archie/doc/ [132.206.2.3] Original-posting-by: bajan@cs.mcgill.ca (Alan Emtage) Original-subject: Upgrade to archie email interface Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN) The archie email server now implements the "list" and "whatis" commands. The following are the entries from the help file. Enjoy. list <reg expr1> [<reg exp2> ...] List all of the sites names currently stored in the database that match <reg expr> (a regular expression as defined by ed(1)). Multiple <reg expr> can be placed on one 'list' line. The format of the resulting list is: site name, site IP address and date last updated in the archie database. whatis <substring1> [<substring2> ...] Search the Software Description Database (SDD) ffor <substring> (a case insensitive). The SDD is a text database containing the names and short descriptions of about 3500 software packages, documents and datasets available on the Internet. If you have any corrections or additions, mail them to archie-admin@cs.mcgill.ca Multiple <substring> arguments may be placed on the same 'whatis' command line. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Emtage, "Ashore it's wine, women and song; McGill University,CANADA Abord it's rum, bum and concertina" -19th Century British Naval Saying INTERNET: bajan@cs.mcgill.ca UUCP: ...!mit-eddie!musocs!bajan BITNET: bajan@musocs.BITNET ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- comp.archives file verification quiche.cs.mcgill.ca total 539 -rw-r--r-- 1 archie 10097 Apr 25 15:39 archie-iusage.ps -rw-r--r-- 1 archie 471558 Apr 25 15:38 archie-present.ps -rw-r--r-- 1 archie 2720 Apr 25 15:36 ls-format lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 16 Apr 10 22:33 archie.man.roff -> archie.man.nroff -r--r--r-- 1 archie 28722 Mar 22 02:23 archie.man.txt -r--r--r-- 1 archie 24090 Mar 22 02:19 archie.man.nroff found archie ok quiche.cs.mcgill.ca:/archie/doc/