[bit.listserv.nodmgt-l] How to get BITNET LINKS

SPONSELL@AKRONVM.BITNET (Gary Sponseller) (03/01/90)

On Wed, 28 Feb 90 11:50:26 EST Eric Job said:
>Help!  How do I get the BITNET LINKS file?  I have tried
>
>   TELL NETSERV AT BITNIC GET BITNET LINKS
>   TELL NETSERV AT BITNIC GET BITNET LINKS002
>
>NETSERV says the requested file is unavailable... sorry I don't know
>how to do this... kinda trivial I'm sure.

I am AFD-subscribed to BITNET LINKS with LISTSERV@BITNIC, not NETSERV...
Try:  TELL LISTSERV AT BITNIC GET BITNET LINKS NETINFO
(The NETINFO simply tells Listserv which FILELIST to search... It is optional.)

>Eric Job

Gary

ERIC@ETSU.BITNET (Eric Job) (03/01/90)

Help!  How do I get the BITNET LINKS file?  I have tried

   TELL NETSERV AT BITNIC GET BITNET LINKS
   TELL NETSERV AT BITNIC GET BITNET LINKS002

NETSERV says the requested file is unavailable... sorry I don't know
how to do this... kinda trivial I'm sure.

Eric Job <ERIC@ETSU.BITNET>, (615)929-6857, BITNET TechRep
Networking/Systems Support, Office of Computer Services
Box 24,340-A, East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN  USA 37614-0002

BEC@ALBNYVM1.BITNET (Ben Chi) (03/01/90)

On Wed, 28 Feb 90 11:50:26 EST Eric Job said:
>Help!  How do I get the BITNET LINKS file?  I have tried . . .

You get MAKEINFO EXEC from Mike Gettes (gettes@pucc[.princeton.edu])
and run it against your current copy of BITEARN NODES.  MAKEINFO is
a great program in that it can be tailored with a template file to
extract and format just about anything in BITEARN NODES that you want.