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Archie Searching with Telnet

@everyfooting Author: henry // Editor: rootd // Texinfo: rootd // Rewrite: rootd @| @| 3 December 1994

What you need to archie-search with telnet

In order to use telnet to archie-search, you must be able to telnet to the internet. If you have access to telnet, you can telnet to one of the following addresses: archie.mcgill.ca; archie.sura.net; archie.unl.edu; archie.ans.net; or archie.rutgers.edu.

When connected, type "archie" as your login name. If they ask you for a password, just hit return. The key command is prog (or find) which you use in this form:

prog filename

find filename

where filename is the file you are looking for. If you're unsure of a file's complete name, try typing in part of the name. For example, "PKZIP" will work as well as "PKZIP204.EXE." The system does not support DOS or Unix wildcards. If you ask archie to look for "PKZIP*", it will tell you it couldn't find anything by that name. One thing to keep in mind is that a file is not necessarily the same as a program -- it could also be a document. This means you can use archie to search for, say, everything online related to the Beetles, as well as computer programs and graphics files. If there are files on the net which match the file you are looking for, it will give you a list of host names and directory names.

An Example of how to Archie-search Using Telnet

You need to follow the following steps to connect to an archie server with telnet:

At your system prompt, type telnet archie.unl.edu (or whatever server you prefer)
type "archie" as your login name
if they ask you for a password, just hit return
once you get the archie prompt, type "find [filename]"

19 sirius> telnet archie.ee.pdx.edu
Trying 131.252.20.155
Connected to archie.ee.pdx.edu
Escape character is '^]'.


SunOS UNIX (archie)

login: archie
Password:

# Terminal type set to `xterm 24 80'.
# `erase' character is `^?'.
# `search' (type string) has the value `sub'.
archie> set search regex
archie> prog PKZIP
# Search type: regex.
# Your queue position: 1
# Estimated time for completion: 00:08
working... -

Host niord.shsu.edu   (192.92.115.8)
Last updated 02:02  4 Dec 1993

    Location: /
      DIRECTORY    drw-r-x-w-     1 bytes  10:26  8 Apr 1993 PKZIP.DIR;1

    Location: /ECONDATA.DIR;1/TOOLS.DIR;1
      FILE    -rw-r-x-w-      82 bytes  06:47 30 Apr 1993  PKZIP2.EXE;1


Host ftp.er.usgs.gov   (130.118.4.2)
Last updated 02:54  9 Sep 1994

    Location: /PUB.DIR;1/PCIP.DIR;1/NETWATCH.DIR;1
      FILE    ------x--      65 bytes  12:59 23 Apr 1992  PKZIP.EXE;1

archie> bye
# Bye.
Connection closed by foreign host.

Now you can go and just ftp the files

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