Ingredients:
· Using ftp
· Using a Listserver
· Using traditional Web browsers
· Using the newer Web browsers
· Helper applications
It is now time to learn how to make appetizers - the first
batch of recipes in this book. A good appetizer is both a culinary
delight in itself and also prepares the palette for the forthcoming
joys of the main course. Here are recipes for a variety of appetizers.
| Step | Command | Function |
| 2. | open {host} | Open a connection to host |
| 4. | ! cd dir (or ls) lcd pwd size | Escape to the client UNIX shell and issue a command.
Change the current directory on the server. List contents of a server directory. Change the current directory on the client. Show the current directory on the server. Show the size of a file resident on the server. |
| 5. | ascii
binary
prompt
newer rstatus/status | Transfer the file as ASCII characters.
Transfer the file as binary. Toggle on/off the prompting for each file as it is copied. Get the file from the server if the file is newer than the client file. Show current settings on the server/client. |
| 6. | append
get/recv mget mput put/send | Append to an existing file.
Get/receive a file. Get multiple files (see prompt). Send multiple files (see prompt). Put/send a single file. |
| 7. | bye (or quit)
close (or disconnect) | Terminate an ftp session and exit.
Terminate an ftp session but do not exit ftp. |
| Location | ftp://ftp.sura.net/pub/archie/clients/ |
| Binaries | No |
| Source | Yes in C, Perl, and Bourne shell |
| Documentation | http://www.cobleskill.edu/faculty/rileyje/
comp195/archie.txt http://www.earn.net/gnrt/archie.html |
| Location | ftp://ftp2.cc.ukans.edu/pub/lynx |
| Binaries | AIX, DEC Unix, SunOS, Linux, Ultrix |
| Source | Yes |
| Questions | lynx-help@ukanaix.cc.ukanas.edu |
| Bugs | lynx-bug@ukanaix.cc.ukanas.edu |
| Features | Runs on character displays
Supports direct posting to newsgroups |
| Location | ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Mosaic |
| Binaries | AIX, DEC UNIX, Irix, HP/UX, Linux, Solaris, SunOS, Ultrix |
| Source | Yes |
| Questions | mosaic-x@ncsa.uiuc.edu |
| Bugs | mosaic-x@ncsa.uiuc.edu |
| Best Source of Information | http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/
Xmosaic/ |
| Location | Description |
| http://physics.ucsc.edu/tutor/make.html | Introductory tutorial |
| http://www.cs.montana.edu/people/
starkey/PEXbook/imake.html | Tutorial associated with PEXlib, but useful for learning make |
| http://www.ora.com/gnn/bus/ora/
item/make2.html | Managing Projects with make A. Oram & S. Talbot (1991) O'Reilly & Associates |
| http://www.ora.com/gnn/bus/ora/
item/imake.html | Software Portability with imake P. DuBois (1993) O'Reilly & Associates |
| Location (via Web) (via ftp - 7 sites) | http://home.netscape.com/comprod/mirror/
index.html |
| Binaries | AIX, OSF/1, SunOS, Linux, Ultrix, Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, Mips platforms, HP/UX |
| Source | No |
| Questions (after subscribing) | http://home.netscape.com/comprod/upgrades/
index.html#details |
| Best Features | Good functionality, current de facto standard, widely used and therefore familiar, includes Java support. Supports network proxies for secure environments |
| Location | http://java.sun.com/
ftp://ftp.javasoft.com |
| Binaries | Solaris |
| Source | No |
| Questions (after subscribing) | http://java.sun.com/faq2.html
http://java.sun.com/doc.html |
| Features | Full support of Java, but not all the features of Netscape |
| Location | http://www.sdsc.edu/SDSC/Partners/vrml/
software/browsers.html ftp://ftp.sdsc.edu/pub/vrml/software/browsers |
| Binaries | Solaris, AIX, DEC UNIX, SunOS, Irix, Ultrix, Linux, HP/UX |
| Source | Some |
| Location | http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ghostview/index.html
ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/gnu/ghostview |
| Binaries | FreeBSD, HP/UX, Ultrix, AIX, Irix, SunOS |
| Source | yes |
| Documentation | http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ghostview/man.html |
| Questions | Newsgroup: gnu.ghostscript.bug |
| Location | ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/xv |
| Binaries | None , but compiles on many platforms |
| Source | yes |
| Documentation | Extensive documentation is included |
| General Questions
Licensing Issues Bug Reports | xv@devo.dccs.upenn.edu
xvbiz@devo.dccs.upenn.edu xvtech@devo.dccs.upenn.edu |
| Features | Various graphics formats can be displayed, modified and filtered |
| Location (Web) | http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/projects/mpeg/
mpeg_play.html |
| Binaries | Irix 4 and 5, SunOS, HP/UX, Ultrix, DEC UNIX, Solaris, Linux |
| Source | Yes |
| Documentation | Included |
| Bugs | mpeg-bugs@plateau.cs.berkeley.edu |
| Features | Tried and tested, includes demo files |