TeXhax Digest Thursday, May 17, 1990 Volume 90 : Issue 46 Moderators: Tiina Modisett and Pierre MacKay %%% The TeXhax digest is brought to you as a service of the TeX Users Group %%% %%% in cooperation with the UnixTeX distribution service at the %%% %%% University of Washington %%% Today's Topics: TeX SERVERS: version 2 (corrected and updated) continued ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 1 May 90 11:47 GMT From: "Peter Flynn, UCC Computer Centre" Subject: TeX SERVERS: version 2 (corrected and updated) Keywords: TeX, servers \ser{listserv@ubvm.bitnet} {University of New York at Buffalo} Files related to the Russian \TeX\ project are listed in {\tx RUSTEX-L~FILELIST} \ser{listserv@uicvm.bitnet} {University of Illinois, Chicago} This server runs the {\tx tex-ed} mailing list, formed at the 10th TUG Conference, to handle educational matters relating to \TeX. It is the source for Michael Doob's {\it Gentle Introduction to \TeX}.\nl It also hosts the distribution of \TeX Mag, an independently-published electronic magazine sporadically bi-monthly: subscribe {\tx TEXMAG-L} (CDNnet users please send your request to the manually-operated address <{\tx list-request@ubc.csnet}> and JANET users to <{\tx abbottp@aston.ac.uk}> \ser{texserver@tex.aston.ac.uk} {Aston University, Birmingham} {\bf Access by}: E-mail, Coloured Book FTP, Post {\bf E-mail usage}: All requests to the Aston mail-server should be preceded by a line starting with three dashes (`{\tx---}'). This will normally be the first line of the text body of your mail message. Only one command will be processed in each mail message. The next non-blank line following the three dashes should contain your return address from Aston (see below for examples). Your return address {\bf must} be given in UK (JANET) format. The following line should then contain the command to the mail-server. An example request might therefore look like this:\nl {\tx ---}\nl {\tx cbts8001\%iruccvax.bitnet@earn-relay}\nl {\tx whereis tex.exe}\nl Lines before the triple dash are ignored, as is all text after the first command. {\bf Commands}:\nl {\tx HELP}\quad sends you back a help file describing TEXSERVER. Help in languages other than English can be obtained by typing {\tx HELP/}{\st language}, eg {\tx HELP/FRANCAIS} (if there is no help for your requested language, you will be sent the English version).\nl {\tx DIRECTORY} $[${\st directory-specification}$]$\quad sends you a list of the files in that directory. The directory specification must be in VAX/VMS syntax including the square brackets: see the help file for details. If no directory specification is supplied, you will be sent back a list of the files in the top-level directory of the archive, {\tx [tex-archive]} \nl {\tx WHEREIS} {\st filename}\quad sends you a message containing the location in the archive of the requested file. If no filename is supplied, you will be sent a listing of all files in the archive whose names start with `{\tx 00}' (two zeroes), conventionally used for descriptions.\nl {\tx SEARCH} {\st filespec~search-string}\quad searches the specified file(s) for the given string and returns the fully-qualified file specification. The search is case-independent.\nl {\tx FILES}\quad followed by a list of the files to be returned, specified one per line on succeeding lines. Wildcards are not supported. Each requested file is normally returned in a separate mail message. {\bf Notes:} Users in the UK should express their return address in the form:\nl {\tx user@UK.AC.site.machine} (Non-academic users replace the `{\tx UK.AC}' with `{\tx UK.CO}')\nl EARN/BITNET users must express their return address in the form:\nl {\tx user\%nodename.BITNET@EARN-RELAY} in order for JANET to be able to send replies out through the EARN gateway correctly.\nl Users on other networks (eg, {\tx .EDU}, {\tx .COM} etc) should express their return address in a similar form to the EARN/BITNET one: {\tx user\%machine.site.EDU@EARN-RELAY}, since the NSFNET-RELAY gateway is not available for UK-to-US traffic.\nl Note that the order of specifying domains {\bf is} important to the EARN gateway. The syntax is similar for other networks accessed via the this gateway. Other users should try EARN in the first instance. If that fails, consult a local networking guru. If that fails, mail the archive maintainer, Peter Abbott <{\tx abbottp@aston.ac.uk}>, who should be able to put you in touch with someone who can help. {\bf Using Coloured Book FTP (NIFTP):} Use your local {\tx TRANSFER} command (part of the Coloured Book suite of XXX implementations) with the userID `{\tx public}' and the password `{\tx public}'. Give the fully-qualified nodename, directory and filename as the remote filename, and whatever you want as your local filename (where to put it when it arrives). A file transfer gateway between JANET and EARN/BITNET will be introduced experimentally during 1990. {\bf Return addresses}: As a temporary facility (pending rewriting of the mailer to obviate the need for users to quote their own addresses) Brian $\{$Hamilton Kelly$\}$ has provided a remote ``identification'' service at Aston. Send E-mail to <{\tx rmcs\_tex@kirk.aston.ac.uk}> with the subject consisting of the words `{\tx Where~Am~I}' (the case doesn't matter, and you can have as much or as little white space between the words [including none]), but there must not be any leading or trailing space, nor any question mark. You should receive a reply telling you the address to `plug into' your E-mail request to TEXSERVER. {\bf Examples of file specifications}:\nl VAX/VMS directory and filename format is tree-structured: a valid fully-qualified name therefore looks like\nl {\tx [TEX-ARCHIVE.directory.subdirectory]filename.type;version}\quad eg\nl {\tx [TEX-ARCHIVE.msdos.tex]sb08tex.arc;2}\nl A remote filename for FTP might look like\nl {\tx UK.AC.ASTON.TEX::[TEX-ARCHIVE.digests.texhax89]tex89.114;1} Aston also handles subscriptions for UK\TeX, a weekly digest along the lines of \TeX HaX. Requests to <{\tx info-tex-request@aston.ac.uk}> and submissions to <{\tx info-tex@aston.ac.uk}>, please.\nl There is a <{\tx tex-unmoderated@aston.ac.uk}> which can be used to get urgent help on matters which cannot wait the next issue of one of the moderated digests. Please do not misuse this service. {\bf Post}: You can send snailmail to Peter Abbott, Computing Service, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, England, enclosing blank formatted media: floppy disks or magnetic tape. \ser{[archive-server@]sun.soe.clarkson.edu} {Clarkson University} This machine is one of the principal repositories of \TeX ware. {\bf Access by}: Internet FTP, Mail {\bf Commands}: These may vary depending on the implementation of Internet FTP. You should ask your System Administrator for details.\nl {\tx ftp}\quad starts an FTP session\nl {\tx open} {\st machine.site.domain}\quad opens an FTP call to a remote machine. Some implementations let you type the nodename directly after the {\tx ftp} command. The next command may not be needed, depending on how the remote machine is set up.\nl {\tx user anonymous guest}\nl {\tx cd} {\st directoryname}\quad connects you with the specified directory.\nl {\tx ls} $[${\st filespec}$]$\quad lists the contents of the current directory.\nl {\tx type} {\st filename}\quad types out the specified file on your screen.\nl {\tx tenex}\quad switches to 8--bit byte-stream mode for getting binary files.\nl {\tx get} {\st filename}\quad retrieves the specified file into your local current directory.\nl {\tx mget} {\st wildcard-filenames}\quad retrieves multiple files matching the wildcards ({\tx *} and {\tx ?}).\nl {\tx ascii}\quad switches back to ASCII mode for text files. {\bf Example}: The commands typed by the user are \und{underlined}\nl {\tx \$} \und{ftp sun.soe.clarkson.edu}\nl {\tx Connected to sun.soe.clarkson.edu}\nl {\tx 220 SUN.SOE.CLARKSON.EDU Server Process (52)-5 at Tue 2-Jan-90}\nl {\tx 331 ANONYMOUS user ok, sent real ident as password}\nl {\tx 230 User ANONYMOUS logged in at Tues 2-Jan-90 14:14-XXX, job 2}\nl {\tx >} \und{cd /tex/binaries}\nl {\tx >} \und{dir latex.*}\nl (Listing appears on screen)\nl {\tx >} \und{tenex}\nl {\tx 200 Type L bytesize 8 ok.}\nl {\tx >} \und{get latex.exe}\nl (File is downloaded)\nl {\tx >} \und{quit}\nl {\tx 221 QUIT command received. Goodbye.}\nl {\tx \$} Directory {\tx pub/texmag} holds back issues of \TeX Mag in files {\tx texmag.v.nn} where <{\tx v}> is the volume number and <{\tx nn}> is the issue number. \nl Directory {\tx pub/texhax} holds back issues of \TeX HaX in files {\tx texhax.yy.nnn} where <{\tx yy}> is the year number and <{\tx nnn}> is the issue number. \nl Directory {\tx pub/uktex} holds back issues of UK\TeX\ in files {\tx uktex.yy.nnn} where <{\tx yy}> is the year number and <{\tx nnn}> is the issue number. \nl Directory {\tx pub/latex-style} holds master copies of the \LaTeX\ style files. {\bf Notes}: This server is also accessible by mail: place your sequence of FTP commands in a mail message to the address above, and make the first command {\tx path} followed by your network address in a form in which an Internet machine will understand it. Internet sites are also FTP-accessible to BITNET nodes via the server at <{\tx BITFTP@PUCC}> (see below). \ser{archive-server@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil} {The SIMTEL--20 server} SIMTEL--20 is a large file server on the Internet and operates in the same way as shown above for the Clarkson server. The \TeX ware is mainly for PCs and is held in directory {\tx /msdos.tex}\nl Non-Internet users should use the TRICKLE or BITFTP servers detailed below to access these files. The following Internet sites also have \TeX-related material: {\tx argon.rti.org} (128.109.139.64) \TeX\ Previewer for VMS\nl {\tx b.scs.uiuc.edu} (128.174.90.2) \LaTeX\nl {\tx bobcat.csc.wsu.edu} (134.121.1.1) Dean Guenther's IPA fonts, CG8600 driver and \TeX T1 style file (documentation chargeable from Computing Service Center, Washington State University, Pullman WA 99164--1220)\nl {\tx cayuga.cs.rochester.edu} (192.5.53.209) Xfig, \LaTeX\ styles, Jove, NL-KR mail list\nl {\tx crocus.waterloo.edu} (129.97.128.6) STEVIE (vi-clone), \TeX, more\nl {\tx cs.washington.edu} (128.95.1.4) \TeX, \TeX hax, netinfo\nl {\tx ctrsci.utah.edu} (128.110.192.4) \TeX\ fonts, make\nl {\tx duke.cs.duke.edu} (128.109.140.1) gnutex, others\nl {\tx freja.diku.dk} (129.142.96.1) GNU, X11R3, \TeX, nn newsreader, rfcs, misc\nl {\tx gatech.edu} (128.61.1.1) GNU, rfc, \TeX\nl {\tx gpu.utcs.toronto.edu} (128.100.100.1) \TeX, C++, Ksh, Unixgames, etc. (lots)\nl {\tx hemuli.atk.btt.fi} (130.188.52.2) bsd progs for hp-ux, tex2ps\nl {\tx hydra.helsinki.fi} (128.214.4.29) misc, \TeX, X, comp.sources.misc, sun, uni\nl {\tx jpl-mil.jpl.nasa.gov} (128.149.1.101) \TeX, Mac, Gnu, Xv11R{2, 3}\nl {\tx june.cs.washington.edu} (128.95.1.4) \TeX hax, dviapollo, SmallTalk, web2c, gaat\nl {\tx labrea.stanford.edu} (36.8.0.47) dvips, paranoia, \TeX, lots, X\nl {\tx linc.cis.upenn.edu} (128.91.2.8) psfig for ditroff, \TeX\nl {\tx ncar.ucar.edu} (128.117.64.4) maps, bsd, internet, Mac \TeX, resolve\nl {\tx njitgw.njit.edu} (128.235.1.2) Mac, Sun, \TeX\nl {\tx purdue.edu} (128.102.1) bibtex, dvi, ethics\nl {\tx research.att.com} (192.20.225.1) \TeX, gcc, ghostscript\nl {\tx science.utah.edu} (128.110.192.2) \TeX\ things, Hershey (tenex), \TeX Mag back issues (file {\tx bbd:texmag.txt}) and \TeX HaX back issues (file {\tx bbd:texhax.txt})\nl {\tx score.stanford.edu} (36.8.0.46) \TeX Hax, Atari, APL metafont (tenex)\nl {\tx sun.soe.clarkson.edu} (128.153.12.3) Packet Driver, X11 fonts, \TeX, PCIP, Free\nl {\tx titan.rice.edu} (128.42.1.30) sun-spots, amiga ispell, pc-bibtex.tar\nl {\tx uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu} (128.174.132.2) BibTeX, CommonTeX\nl {\tx venus.ycc.yale.edu} (192.26.88.4) SBTeX\nl {\tx walther.cso.uiuc.edu} (128.174.5.20) \TeX, tib, ncar, dvi2ps, gif, texx2.7, amiga\nl {\tx wuarchive.wustl.edu} (128.252.135.4) password: guest, mirrors simtel20 (lots), \TeX, Mac, X, GNU, GIF, Tcp-Ip \ser{bitftp@pucc.bitnet} {Princeton University} BITFTP is a mechanism for those without direct access to the Internet to request files by FTP from Internet servers (like {\tx archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu}) {\bf Access by}: Mail, RSCS FTP {\bf Commands}: The body of your mail message or file should contain the sequence of Internet FTP commands you would have used, one per line, just as if you had been doing a direct Internet FTP connection yourself. \ser{LaTeX-help@sumex-aim.stanford.edu} {\LaTeX\ helpdesk} Your mail will be forwarded to a member of the volunteer corps in round-robin rotation. \ser{fisica@39003.span} {SPAN/DECNET archive} There is a \TeX\ archive on SPAN run by Max Calvani and Marisa Luvisetto. It is not a server, just an archive: details from <{\tx fisica@astrpd.infn.it}> or by sending a SPAN mail message to the address on SPAN <{\tx 39003::fisica}> \ser{trickle@trearn.bitnet} {The TRICKLE server at Ege University, \.Izm\i r} TRICKLE is a cache mechanism for EARN to allow users on that network to request files from SIMTEL--20. TRICKLE runs at various sites on EARN (see below). {\bf Access by}: Mail, RSCS FTP, Interactive message {\bf Commands}:\nl {\tx /HELP}\quad sends you a help file.\nl {\tx /PDDIR} {\st directoryname}\quad lists the names of files in that directory.\nl {\tx /PDGET <}{\st directory}{\tx>}{\st filename} $[${\st (tag\/}$]$ \quad sends the specified file. The tag can be {\tx (uue}, {\tx (xxe}, {\tx (ebc80} or {\tx (ebc32}, to determine how you want the file returned and in what format. {\bf Example}:\nl {\tx /pdget pcwritex.arc (uue}\quad will order the given file from directory {\tx } in UUencoded form.\nl {\tx /pddir }\quad will send the list of all files in the {\tx } directory. {\bf Notes}: TRICKLE runs at the following other EARN nodes as well: $$\vbox{\halign{{\tx#}\quad\hfil&\quad{\it#}\hfil \cr awiwuw11 & Wirtschaftsuniversit\"at Wien \cr banufs11 & Univ.\ Faculteiten Sint-Ignatius te Antwerpen \cr db0fub011 & Freie Universit\"at Berlin \cr dktc11 & Copenhagen Technical College \cr dtuzdv1 & Universit\"at T\"ubingen \cr eb0ub011 & Universidad de Barcelona \cr imipoli & Politecnico di Milano \cr taunivm & Tel Aviv University \cr}}$$ They are all peered, so you should use the one which is logically nearest to your node (measured in network hops). \ser{jonradel@bogey.princeton.edu} {Jon Radel's Repository} Jon Radel offers a mail-order service for those users with no access to networking. {\bf Access by}: Post {\bf Commands}: I quote from his message in the TeXhax bulletin 1989 No.~13:\nl {\tx Date: Tue, 7 Feb 89 03:41:23 EST }\nl {\tx From: jonradel@bogey.Princeton.EDU (Jon Radel) }\nl {\tx Subject: For those who don't have access to TeX for PCs on the net...}\nl {\tx Keywords: general, TeX, PCs } ``Time to introduce myself again. As a service for people who do not have decent access to \TeX\ to PC material on the net, I distribute much of that material on floppies for a handling charge. That includes the 75 font, 5 magstep collection for a couple of the more popular printers, two versions of \TeX, and a variety of smaller items. ``For various reasons, I do all my dealings on this matter by `snail' mail, so you have to send me a self-addressed envelope to get the list of material that I have. 45 cents postage inside the USA, 4 International Reply Coupons or US\$1.60 for airmail elsewhere, half that for surface (and Canada/Mexico, where surface is air as far as the USPS is concerned).'' {\bf Example}:\nl Jon Radel, \nl PO Box 2276, \nl Reston, \nl VA 22090, \nl USA {\bf Notes}: The \TeX\ community's thanks are due to Jon for his provision of this service. \ser{tex/listings@bytecosy.tower.bix.us} {BIX, the BYTE magazine Information Exchange} Application has been made to BYTE magazine to start a \TeX\ conference and listings area in their BIX online conferencing and filestore system. No start date has been set for this service yet. {\bf Access by}: Interactive login via an ordinary X.29 (packet-switched) call to [0]310690157800 or using a standard modem ({\tx 8,n,1}) to +1~617~861~9767 (BELL tones for 300 and 1200 baud, BELL or CCITT for 2400 and up). Press the Enter or Return key and at the login prompt type {\tx bix}~. When asked for your name, type {\tx bix.flatfee} and you will automatically be taken through the new-user signup routine. 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