Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!lamont!ko!fritzz From: fritzz@ko.ldgo.columbia.edu (fritz zaucker) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: How to find a particular file without posting Message-ID: Date: 23 Apr 91 14:35:37 GMT Sender: fritzz@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu Distribution: world Organization: Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University, New York Lines: 25 Every day there are several messages like "Where can I find style XYZ or program ABC ..." A nice solution is the following (if you can TELNET to Canada): >telnet 132.206.2.3 (quiche.cs.mcgill.ca) login: archie archie> set pager archie> prog XYZ (where XYZ is a regexp of what you are looking for) Archie is automatically updated every once in a while, so if the file you are looking for exists for longer than a couple of weeks, you'll get a list of hosts where to ftp it from. Fritz Zaucker -- -- Fritz Zaucker Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University New York Palisades, NY 10964 (914) 359-2900 x703 EMAIL: fritzz@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu