Archie,gopher,html

Archie, gopher and HTML

Introduction

How to use archie in UBMail?
1. type MENU at the $ prompt
2. you will see a menu like this.
3. type 13 to select archie, and enter the name of a program to seach.
4. after some time you will see a list of sites that have the program. Most of these sites support anonymous ftp for downloading.
5. reading the list can be tedious if the program you are searching for is popular, because you will receive plenty.
6. here is an example of one entry:
```
Host ftp.cyberspace.com     
        Location: /pub/ppp/mac/netscape 
          
               FILE -rw-r--r--     758443  Nov 20 01:36  netscape093.sit.hqx
```
  The host, directory and file names are listed, as well as, the program size and date it was saved.
7. you can also type directly telnet archie.name.edu -- name can vary (see Krol, chapter 9), login: archie , and issue the command prog filename. See an example here.
How to use archie on the Web?
1. the easiest way is to go to the Archie Request Form.
2. their Web address (URL) is http://www.thegroup.net/AA.html

just type gopher at the $ prompt and you will start the gopher client. Please note that the University Library on-line catalog -- Victor, and other information is available immediately.
you can access other gophers by selecting other gopher systems, and continue from there.
one of the items you can choose under other gopher systems, is to conduct searches using Veronica by keywords. This will let you find information on files that contain a given keyword throughout the Net. See an example here.

This part of the class can be accessed directly from my index page, and at the URL = http://worf.ubalt.edu/~abento/html/essential.html