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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:12:25 -0600
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- From: Cliff Manis <cmanis@CSOFTEC.CSF.COM>
- Organization: CompSofTech, POB 33937, San Antonio, Texas 78265-3937
- Subject: GEDCOM 5.2 Specs available (NOW) ! ! !
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- READERS:
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- Would you like a copy of the latest GEDCOM Specs ? Read this message.
-
- Since November 22nd, over 225 requests for the GEDCOM 5.1 Specs
- were sent out from the 'csoftec' genserv'er. That server is not
- working now, except to send this message to those requesting files.
-
- Now the NEWEST Specs (GEDCOM 5.2) are available via FTP and via a
- real server. (Do not send a message to me - read this message)
-
- See message below.
-
- >>>> Reply-To: Fred Romelfanger <fred@STSCI.EDU>
- >>>> Subject: draft GEDCOM 5.2 specifications available via anonymous
- > ftp/listserv
- >
- > Cliff Manis picked up a disk at a developers meeting he was at. The disk
- >was free and given to everyone at the meeting. The disk contains a draft
- >version of Gedcom 5.2 specifications, a library for accessing gedcom files
- >including source (5.1 compatible?), and some example gedcom files. Cliff
- >converted the disk into a tar file and sent me a copy which is now available
- >via anonymous ftp or listserv. My only warning is that I have not tried the
- >software myself nor am I responsible for it or maintaining it. Also the
- >ASCII version of the specifications was formatted in 84 columns instead of
- >80, so if it wraps around on the screen or the printer...
- >
- > To retrieve the tar file via anonymous ftp, connect with ftp to
- >hoth.stsci.edu (130.167.1.163), and login as anonymous and give your
- >email address as the password. You want to cd into the lines directory
- >and get the file gedstd52.tar.Z. The file is a compressed tar file so
- >remember to transfer it in binary mode.
- >
- > For you non-internet unix users, you can retrieve a uuencoded compressed
- >tar file by sending the message "get lines/parts gedstd52.tar.Z" to
- >lines@stsci.edu. Remember this should go in the body of the message
- >rather than the subject line. You should get eight messages which you
- >can strip the mail headers off of, piece together, and run through
- >uudecode, uncompress, and tar to get the files.
- >
- > The directory/archive in which this file resides is normally used to
- >provide information for LifeLines users, so anything else you see in this
- >directory is probably not useful unless you use LifeLines. The files in
- >the pub directory (not available via listserv at present) are related to
- >system and software support issues on Sun systems for support of the
- >STScI (Space Telescope Science Institute) data and products and is probably
- >not useful to most of you.
- >
- > For you non-unix users who are interested, send mail to fred@stsci.edu
- >and tell me if you are interested in the just the specs or all of it, and
- >let me know what related utilities you have available (arc, zoo, uudecode,
- >mail, ftp), and we can arrange something.
- >
- > Also Cliff sent me a Word Perfect version of the standards document, I
- >have extracted it, but don't have Word Perfect available. If you want this
- >send me mail (fred@stsci.edu) and let me know if you want can handle either
- >a uuencoded arc or a uuencoded zoo file, and I will make it available.
- >
- > If any of you want Postscript or would be willing to convert the document
- >to Postscript from the Word Perfect document, please let me know.
- >
- > Fred Romelfanger
- > fred@stsci.edu
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