Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!news.funet.fi!uwasa.fi!uwasa.fi!ts From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Updated garbo.uwasa.fi upload instructions Message-ID: <1991Apr23.105402.11207@uwasa.fi> Date: 23 Apr 91 10:54:02 GMT Sender: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) Organization: University of Vaasa Lines: 89 10. ***** Q: I have made some programs myself which I think might be of general interest. Or I have obtained this fabulous program which I think would be of general interest. Or I have a more recent version of this program than you have on your archives. Would it be possible to upload them to your system. A: Yes, please. We are certainly interested in all quality programs. (A proper documentation is one of the prerequisites. The program, and the documentation should be in English). If you are sending an update of your own program, I would recommend that you make the version number a part of your package name. (In fact I'd like to insist). For example, I use the following format, tsutil30.arc and so on, in my own packages. There are two alternatives in sending your package to us. The strongly preferred method is using ftp to put your package directly to one of our incoming directories. The relevant ftp commands after connecting are eg cd /pc/incoming, binary (if not an ordinary ascii file), put YourFile (see Appendix C for a sample session). Zip is our preferred packing method, but we can handle also .arc, .arj, .pak, .lzh, and .zoo if necessary. If you use this alternative, please send an email message to Harri Valkama hv@uwasa.fi informing him about your upload. I don't poll the incoming directories on a regular basis. When you inform Harri of your upload, please let me have a carbon copy of your message for my information. If your upload is meant for my attention, please send me email about the upload when you have made it. For the sake of coordination, it would be useful if you would direct a carbon copy of your upload notification to Harri, stating that the upload is for Timo. The second alternative is the following. If you cannot use ftp upload, you can send your (.arc, .arj, .lzh, .zip, or .zoo; .zip preferred) package uuencoded to me, or to my fellow moderator Harri Valkama (hv@garbo.uwasa.fi). If it is a multi-part posting it would be convenient (but not absolutely necessary) to use the same begin-end system as comp.binaries.ibm.pc uses for binary postings. Please note that if you are sending someone else's standard programs, the first alternative (ftp to /pc/incoming) is very strongly preferred, since it causes less work. The use of the latter alternative is acceptable, however, especially if you are sending the package on my invitation for evaluation and potential inclusion, _and_ I have asked you to email (or you don't have ftp). But you may, of course, pick your own choice. These are just our general preferences. We have many categories of programs, but as you can see from our file lists, we are particularly interested in good MsDos utility programs of various kinds. We are also very interested in keeping the versions of the programs up to date. Your help and information in this respect would be very much appreciated. On the other hand, please note that some categories of material are outside the scope of our archives. For example games are accepted only in special cases. Educational games have been welcome, including good games of wit. A very limited number of recreational games of exceptional quality have been taken in as examples. Recreational Gif pictures will not be accepted. Religious, political and comparable material is not welcome at all. See Appendix C for a sample session of uploading. C. ***** Q: APPENDIX C: Uploading Programs by FTP, a Sample Session ========================================================== > ftp 128.214.12.37 Connected to 128.214.12.37. 220 garbo FTP server (from 4.3BSD Tahoe) ready. Name (128.214.12.37:ts): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send ident as password. Password: 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> cd /pc/incoming 250 CWD command successful. ftp> binary 200 Type set to I. ftp> put myprog.zip 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening data connection for myprog.zip (128.214.12.3,3517). 226 Transfer complete. local: myprog.zip remote: myprog.zip 659 bytes sent in 1e-06 seconds (6.4e+05 Kbytes/s) ftp> close 221 Goodbye. ftp> quit ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun