RTWETEN@AARDVARK.UCS.UOKNOR.EDU (04/27/91)
I read a recent message concerning a way to search FTP sites for specific files using a program called Archie. Could some please explain (briefly) this method of using Archie to search FTP sites or direct me to where I can get the info on it? Thanks in advance R. Tweten
MOLBI@rcl.wau.nl (Igor Kardailsky) (04/30/91)
David, its Telnet address is 132.206.2.3, answer to 'login:' 'archie'with CR
and after getting 'archie>' prompt type 'help'. It will explane you how to
go further. It works nice but sometimes one has to wait rather long for the
search to finish, and there seem to be no way to use it in the batch mode,
only interactive.
Good luck!TOM@PHARM.SUNYSB.EDU (Thomas Easton) (04/30/91)
> David, its Telnet address is 132.206.2.3, answer to 'login:' 'archie'with CR > and after getting 'archie>' prompt type 'help'. It will explane you how to > go further. It works nice but sometimes one has to wait rather long for the > search to finish, and there seem to be no way to use it in the batch mode, > only interactive. > Good luck! > In Archie's "Help topic? email" it says you can do 'batch' requests, though with limitations. The relevant Archie text is appended. Actually, Archie now recommends NightTime logins for Quick(er) Interactive Response --- very popular these days, and "Hurray for McGill" 8-)) Tom ------------ text from archie ---------------- Help topic? email For those people who do not have direct Internet access or those who would prefer 'batching' of their requests, archie provides an email interface handling a limited subset of the interactive archie commands. The address of the interface is archie@cs.mcgill.ca The help message for the interface follows: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The ARCHIE Mail Server HELP for the archie mail server, as of 18 December, 1990 (modified from the KISS help file) Requests to this server should be addressed to archie@cs.mcgill.ca To contact us humans, mail to archie-l@cs.mcgill.ca For your information anonymous FTP may be performed through the mail by the ftp-mail server. Send a message with the word 'help' in it to: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu for an explanation on how to use it. NOTE: The Subject: line is processed as if it were part of the main message body. No special keywords are required. Note that the "help" command is exclusive. All other commands in the same message are ignored. Command lines begin in the first column. All lines that do not match a valid commands are ignored. The server recognizes six commands. If a message not containing any valid requests or an empty message is received, it will be considered to be a 'help' request. path <path> This lets the requestor override the address that would normally be extracted from the header. If you do not hear from the archive server within oh, about 2 days, you might consider adding a "path" command to your request. The path describes how to mail a message from cs.mcgill.ca to your address. cs.mcgill.ca is fully connected to the Internet. help Will send you this message. prog <reg expr1> [<reg exp2> ...] A search of the "archie" database is performed with each <reg exp> (a regular expression as defined by ed(1)) in turn, and any matches found are returned to the requestor. Note that multiple <reg exp> may be placed on one line, in which case the results will be mailed back to you in one message. If you have multiple "prog" lines, then multiple messages will be returned, one for each line [This doesn't work as expected at the moment... stay tuned]. Any regular expression containing spaces must be quoted with single (') or double (") quotes. ALL OTHER ed(1) rules must be followed. NOTE: The searches are CASE SENSITIVE. The ability to change this will hopefully be added soon. site <site name> | <site IP address> A listing of the given <site name> will be returned. The fully qualified domain name or IP address may be used. compress ALL of your files in the current mail message will be "compressed" and "uuencoded". When you receive the reply, remove everything before the "begin" line and run it through "uudecode". This will produce a .Z file. You can then run "uncompress" on this file and get the results of your request. quit Nothing past this point is interpreted. This is provided so that the occasional lost soul whose signature contains a line that looks like a command can still use the server without getting a bogus response. ----- end ----