Xref: utzoo bit.listserv.infonets:828 alt.sources:3960 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!samsung!usc!rpi!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!pmw1 From: PMW1@psuvm.psu.edu (Peter M. Weiss) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.infonets,alt.sources Subject: Re: Tools for determining BITNET paths (source code included) Message-ID: <91178.141447PMW1@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: 27 Jun 91 18:14:47 GMT References: <1991Jun27.155006.29927@ms.uky.edu> Organization: Penn State University Lines: 76 In article <1991Jun27.155006.29927@ms.uky.edu>, morgan@ms.uky.edu (Wes Morgan) says: > >Occasionally, I find that I need to know the path between >two BITNET nodes. I developed the tools included below to per- >form this task. Date: Sat, 18 May 91 07:38:35 EDT From: BITNODES@AUVM Subject: BITNODES Refcard Processing your query "HELP" at 07:38:36: * B I T N O D E S * * BITNODES is a service machine at The American * University in Washington DC which will help you * find information about BitNet nodes. It uses as * its source the official BitNet BITEARN NODES * file. This file is updated once per month. * BITNODES will accept interactive messages from * the BitNet network, or electronic mail * ("E-Mail") from BitNet or any connected network. * It will respond using the same medium as was * used for the request. * * At AU, the command to interactively message * BITNODES would look like: * TELL BITNODES command * * From a VM/CMS system on BitNet the command to * interactively message BITNODES would look like: * TELL BITNODES AT AUVM command * * From a VAX system on BitNet the command to * interactively message BITNODES would look like: * SEND BITNODES@AUVM command * * Using E-mail, the request should be sent to * BITNODES@AUVM.BITNET or BITNODES@AUVM.AUVM.EDU * depending on the addressing scheme used at your * site to mail to BitNet addresses. The BITNODES * command can be either the first line of the mail * message, or (if there is no mail message) in the * subject. * * The BITNODES commands are: * * HELP - this message is returned * FIND string - a list of nodes is returned. This * is a list of all nodes which have * "string" (or something similar to * it) in their site name. Example * is "FIND AMERICAN". Care should * be taken not to search for a * commonly used string like * "UNIVERSITY" or "COLLEGE". * WHOIS nodeid - information is returned about the * node you specify. The name of the * site, their location, and the * names of their contacts are just * some of the information returned. * Example is "WHOIS AUVM". * PATH nd1 nd2 - information is returned showing * the BitNet path between the nodes * requested (nd1 and nd2). Example * is "PATH AUVM UDCVM". * * For more information, write to Jim McIntosh * at JIM@AUVM.AUVM.EDU. /Pete -- Peter M. Weiss | pmw1 @ PSUADMIN | psuvm.psu.edu|psuvm 31 Shields Bldg - PennState Univ. | not affiliated with psuvm.psu.edu|psuvm University Park, PA USA 16802-1202 | A hexadecimal kindof guy in a decimal world