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- [[ Info file: archive-help Updated: 03-Jan-92 by James Revell ]]
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- 1. How to reach UUNET's 900 number via uucp
-
- Here are some sample a L.sys or Systems file lines suitable for
- UUNET's 900 number:
-
- # Simple line.
- uunet Any ACU 19200 1-900-468-7727 in:--in:--in: uucp
- #
- # Set up for a Telebit.
- uunet Any cua0 19200 cua0 "" ATX0S50=255S111=30DT19004687727\r CONNECT "" login: uucp
-
- Modify as appropriate for your site, of course, to deal with your
- local telephone system and uucp version.
-
- All modems on the 900 lines are Telebit T2500s. Note that these
- modems first answer with V.32, then at 2400, 1200, and last with PEP
- tones. This "900" number charges $.50US per minute to the caller.
-
-
- 2. Where the files are
-
- This file of instructions exists as the file uunet!~/info/archive-help
-
- uunet!~/ls-lR.Z contains a list of all files available. This is the
- compressed output of an `ls -lR' command. This file is updated each
- night. (Note this file is currently about 520 Kbytes *compressed*).
- Information on other indexes can be found in uunet!~/index/README.
- The file uunet!~/info/layout details the basic organization of the
- archive.
-
-
- 3. File formats
-
- Files with .Z endings are compressed. The uncompress program is
- available in uunet!~/compress.tar if you don't have it.
-
- Some very large files have been split into several files for you.
- This are usually evidenced by sequenced endings after a .Z ending.
- eg: emacs/18.57.Z.01 .. emacs/18.57.Z.39
- After you obtain all of the parts you need only concatenate them
- in the proper order.
- eg: cat 18.57.Z.* > emacs-18.57.Z
-
-
- 4. uunet!~/tmp
-
- Please refer to uunet!~/info/incoming-policy for information on the
- use of our ~ftp/tmp directory.
-
-
- 5. uucp file transfer advice (answers to FAQ)
-
- You must write files you transfer to a directory which the user
- "uucp" has write access. That user, not you, will actually do the
- transfer. /usr/spool/uucppublic is the common place used.
-
- You may see different pathnames for files in our archive which
- equate to the same thing. Our archive is actually /usr/spool/ftp
- (aka ~ftp), but it also accessible as /usr/spool/uucppublic (aka
- ~uucp, or just ~ for UUCP). FTP folks see the archive as just /
- (eg: ftp.uu.net:/).
-
- Be sure you use absolute pathnames when specifying remote filename.
- If you don't, your working directory will be prepended to the
- pathname in the command. uunet!file and uunet!~/file are different.
- uunet!~/ is the best reference to the base of the archive via uucp.
-
- Permission denied messages normally indicate a file name or
- file access problem. If you are using an old copy of our ls-lR.Z
- to find files, you may be using an old filename. Names change as
- new versions appear, plus we're remodeling right now.
-
- Beware when using shell meta-characters in transfers. You need to
- escape them in most circumstances (eg: the ! in csh). Also note
- that there are a number of UUCP implementations which do not handle
- multi-file transfers correctly. If you pass a * to the remote
- system you may get 'access denied' messages. These indicate a UUCP
- problem, not a file problem.
-
-
- 6. Further help
-
- Send email to uunet!archive-request for assistance with archive
- related issues. We usually respond within the next business day.
-