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- Archive-name: sgopher
- Submitted-by: fuller@aedc-vax.af.mil
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- sgopher 0.3 simple gopher client for inetd/batch/online
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- Platforms: VMS, IRIX, Ultrix, AIX, Solaris 1.x/2.x
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- Complete code distribution, a lot of changes. How do you do a diff
- and undiff anyway?
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- Thanks to the people who suggested changes (see THANKS).
- version 0.3 - added support fox Ultrix/Solaris, fixed index handling bug,
- fixed exit on bad connect, added timeout capability,
- added = option, K&R C support.
- version 0.2 - added index support, changes for AIX compile, logging and
- heading changes for mail, and support for VAX/VMS using Wollongong.
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- I am especially interested if anyone finds any security problems with
- sgopher or if it is ported to any other platforms. Also, I would like
- information about the algorithm for uuencoding so that sgopher can mail binary
- files. I would also be interested in changes for porting it to the PC. It
- should be fairly straight forward. Please email me (fuller@aedc-vax.af.mil)
- or post to alt.sources.d.
- I wrote sgopher so that anybody with a telnet program could run
- a gopher client. It can be run stand alone or it can be launched from inetd.
- It doesn't use termcap or curses or any of that other stuff so it should
- run okay from any terminal/3270/PC/workstation. It does assume a 24x80
- screen. It outputs the \r\n pair at the end of line and requires a <return>
- after each command to support more terminal types.
- sgopher is not loaded with features like other gopher clients. It was
- written with simplicity in mind, but it does display a nice menu
- that indicates the item type. It also figures out where the connection
- to it is coming from and displays and logs it. In addition it marks
- visited items with an asterisk. If you pop up from a menu and then
- go back down to it these marks will be reset. Received text can also be
- sent via email. All of the source code fits into two files. You don't
- have to link with any other gopher libraries. sgopher supports three types
- text, directory, and index.
- see INSTALL file for installation/build instructions.
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- Sean Fuller fuller@aedc-vax.af.mil
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