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- Subject: v07INF6: Additional UUCP Access to Mod.Sources
- Newsgroups: mod.sources, net.sources
- Approved: mirror!rs
-
- Submitted by: root@cuae2.ATT.COM
- Submitted by: thos@cca.ucsf.edu
- Mod.sources: Volume 7, Info 6
- Archive-name: new_archives
-
- [ This message announces a new archive site at the University of San
- Francisco, and the availability of "anonnymous" UUCP access to
- the archives maintained at site cuae2 in Chicago. Thanks to both
- genetlemen for their assistance. A complete list of mod.sources
- archives is published with the index, twice per volume; it will
- now also be posted in net.sources until that group disappears. -r$]
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- NEW ARCHIVE SITE AT UCSF
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- I will be glad to respond to requests for material but this does not
- represent an ongoing commitment for the installation. Anyone
- requesting material via mail should supply a path from ucbvax. Anyone
- requesting tape should contact me first.
- Thos Sumner (thos@cca.ucsf.edu)
- (...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!cca.UCSF!thos)
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- ANONYMOUS UUCP ACCESS AVAILABLE AT CUAE2
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-
- This file explains how to get files from the mod.sources archive being
- maintained by the AT&T Application Engineering Division in Lisle, IL.
- This is not an official service of AT&T and may be discontinued at any
- time. The contents of the mod.sources archive have been donated by
- the submitters of the files to the Usenet mod.sources moderator for
- free availability throughout the community. AT&T assumes no responsibility
- for the contents of these files, including the suitability for their
- use in any application on any hardware. (Some of the material, for
- example is known not to run on systems sold by AT&T.) Any questions
- about suitability, problems with the software or documentation, or
- anything else related to the contents of the files should be directed
- to the persons who submitted the material originally (usually the
- authors).
-
- (Now that I think I've covered my behind sufficiently...)
-
- The mod.sources archives are currently resident on an AT&T 3B20A
- computer running UNIX System V Release 2.1. This system is used
- for real work during working hours on weekdays, as well as a little
- bit evenings and weekends. (We're kinda nuts.) To be able to
- separate and control access to the mod.sources archives from uucp
- accesses related to our actual jobs, I have configured the UUCP (HDB)
- system to provide what looks like a machine named "cuaepd" (for bldg CU,
- Application Engineering, Public Domain material) to caller machines
- that log in with the login "pduucp". This also lets us move the
- archives to a separate machine, if we want to later, without disrupting
- too many people.
-
- The following description of how to set up your system's uucp config
- files is based on the Honey DanBer UUCP (AT&T Basic Networking Utilities)
- implementation, as it's the only one I've used that made any sense.
- You may have to adjust what I say to fit your system's requirements.
-
- The phone number for "cuaepd" is (currently) 1-312-964-3773. There are
- two lines hunted on that number. The modems will answer at 1200bps with
- a "login:" prompt. (We intend to expand the number of lines, upgrade
- them to 1200/2400bps, and change the phone number in the next couple
- of months.) In response to the login prompt, your system should send
- the login id, "pduucp". There is no password associated with this id.
- All this is turned off between about 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Chicago time
- Monday through Friday, so we can get our real work done, so don't
- bother trying it during those periods. (Chicago has Daylight S.T.)
-
- The Systems file entry for doing this looks something like:
- (for HoneyDanBer UUCP users)
- cuaepd Wk1830-0530,Sa,Su ACU 1200 chicago9643773 in:--in: pduucp
- (for Old UUCP users)
- cuaepd Any1830-0530 ACU 1200 chicago9643773 in:--in: pduucp
-
- Once you have your system set up to place an outgoing UUCP call to
- "cuaepd", you can retrieve material from the archives. This file is
- file cuaepd!~/netnews/mod.sources/howto.snarf. The current directory
- of what is stored in the mod.sources archives is found in the file
- cuaepd!~/netnews/mod.sources/directory. To get either of these,
- execute a command like:
- uucp cuaepd!~/netnews/mod.sources/howto.snarf !~/MYNAME/
- uucp cuaepd!~/netnews/mod.sources/directory !~/MYNAME/
-
- The directory is simply the output from "ls -sRxF" on the mod.sources
- archive disk hierarchy. It is updated just before 6 p.m. every day.
- Here is a sample from the directory.
- -----------
- total 15 0 directory 1 make.dir* 2 vol1/
- 1 vol2/ 3 vol3/ 3 vol4/ 1 vol5/
- 2 vol6/ 1 vol7/ 1 vol8/
-
- ./vol1:
- total 941 16 ANSI.C.Z 12 C-Kermit.ann
- 41 Digest.Z 12 NIC 13 Smail.Z
- 1 UK-1.1/ 1 Xlisp1.4/ 20 bed.Z
- 1 bourne/ 1 cforth/ 14 checkin
- 120 compress 57 cpg+mdep.Z 1 cpp/
- 26 cshar.Z 49 cxref.Z 15 diffc
- 29 digest.Z 19 dynamic 8 expire.8
- 7 getopt 13 lbgm.Z 14 newshar.Z
- 13 newsweed 57 patch1.3.Z 1 pcurses/
- 13 readnews.1.Z 160 rfc_882 1 rn/
- 1 rpc/ 43 sendmail.cf.Z 1 sent
- 17 uucpanz.S5.Z 16 uucpanz.V7.Z 9 uuque
- 1 vnews/ 14 vnews.1.Z 41 vstr.Z
- 43 xfernews.Z 20 xref
-
- ./vol1/UK-1.1:
- total 105 4 Anno 48 Part1.Z 31 Part2.Z 22 Part3.Z
- ----------
- This sample shows part of the first volume of mod.sources. The
- entries with a slash "/" at the end of their names are directories,
- whose contents are detailed below (e.g. UK-1.1). The number preceding
- each name is the approximate size of the file in 512 byte blocks.
- Entries whose name ends with a ".Z" have been compressed by the
- program compress 4.0, which can be found (in uncompressed form) in
- volume 2. Multi-part distributions typically are set up with all
- parts in a subdirectory of the volume directory. This means you
- can snarf just the parts you've missed, instead of having to get
- the whole thing.
-
- Old versions are not yet being deleted with any regularity, so be
- sure to look carefully to be sure you are getting the latest version
- available. Also, look for "index" files that have more information
- on the contents of the various packages.
-
- NOTE: Please be aware that uucp commands asking for file names containing
- wild cards will almost certainly not work. This is because the
- implementations I know of submit a uux job to the remote system asking
- it to run "uucp" on the wild card filename. Systems logging in with
- "pduucp" are prohibited from executing "uucp" or other commands via "uux".
- So, be sure to ask for each file separately.
-
- If you can't figure out why it doesn't work, re-read this file. If you
- still have trouble, talk with your system administrator. If you are the
- system administrator, send electronic mail to me and I'll see what I can
- do. Suggestions are always welcome. Compliments and thanks are even more so.
- Ron Heiby. heiby@cuae2.ATT.COM
-