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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!col.hp.com!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!news.mathworks.com!uhog.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!boulder!junco.fsl.noaa.gov!kelly From: kelly@junco.fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD FAQ Available? Date: 12 Jun 1995 15:32:57 GMT Organization: Forecast Systems Laboratory Lines: 35 Message-ID: <3rhmn9$ipv@CUBoulder.Colorado.EDU> References: <D9psyK.JDM@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> <3r4fbb$c6n@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie> <3ra1nt$bif@anshar.shadow.net> <3rbq51$q86@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie> NNTP-Posting-Host: junco.fsl.noaa.gov In article <3rbq51$q86@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie>, Timothy Murphy <tim@maths.tcd.ie> wrote: >might look at the TeX "CTAN"s (ftp.shsu.edu, ftp.dante.de, ftp.tex.ac.uk) >where they have a very useful searching facility within FTP, >so that one can say eg > >ftp> quote site index FAQ gatekeeper.dec.com also has this feature, and I do appreciate it. However, there are drawbacks: you really have to know for what you're looking in the first place, including version numbers and extensions. If you say quote site exec index groff you're stuck with a truncated list of hundred or so entries of groff/main.c, groff/blah.c, etc. when what you were after was groff-1.3.4-tar.gz. And to go yet more off-topic: who in the hell organized the CTAN archives in the fist place? It always takes me at least an hour to figure out what files to get to compile UNIX TeX. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA The memories of my family outings are still a source of strength to me. I remember we'd all pile into the car - I forget what kind it was - and drive and drive. I'm not sure where we'd go, but I think there were some trees there. The smell of something was strong in the air as we played whatever sport we played. I remember a bigger, older guy we called "Dad." We'd eat some stuff, or not, and then I think we went home. I guess some things never leave you. -- Jack Handey