Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!ucla-cs!khayo From: khayo@CS.UCLA.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: need comments on MacExpress, Programmer's Extender Message-ID: <7609@shemp.UCLA.EDU> Date: Tue, 4-Aug-87 18:07:56 EDT Article-I.D.: shemp.7609 Posted: Tue Aug 4 18:07:56 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Aug-87 04:47:17 EDT References: <2240@trwrb.UUCP> <331@ge-mc3i.UUCP> Sender: root@CS.UCLA.EDU Reply-To: khayo@CS.UCLA.EDU (Erazm J. Behr) Distribution: world Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 50 Keywords: MacExpress, Programmer's Extender, TransSkel Thanks to the information buried deep in one of the summaries (about the on-line services used by the readers) I managed to connect with SUMEX archives & found TransSkel there. In case you missed the relevant article or (like myself) are still discovering all the important Unix tools, here's how (stuff in brackets is what you type, braces - my comments): [ftp sumex.stanford.edu] {after a while you'll see: blah blah...} connected {or, of course, "login timed out" :-(} {now ftp will ask you for the login name, displaying your standard name as the default; don't hit return; instead, say [ANONYMOUS]} {hopefully, you'll be prompted for password, being you "real id"; I used my login name (khayo) at this point, but I guess it can be anything; after that you should be happily hooked up to the remote host} ftp> [ls] {to see the full directory, if you aren't only interested in Mac stuff, or...} [cd INFO-MAC] {and don't worry about the some nonsense about password being needed here, just ignore it} ftp> {now you can see the directory of all the goodies by typing} [ls] {or, for printing etc., transfer the directory to your machine by typing} [ls * ] {* has the usual wildcard meaning, so you can restrict the listing, eg. *REDRYDER*} ftp> {to download the files you want, say...} [get ] {the TransSkel files have names: UTILITY-TRANSSKEL-MULTISKEL-PAS.HQX UTILITY-TRANSSKEL-PART1.HQX UTILITY-TRANSSKEL-PART2.HQX UTILITY-TRANSSKEL-PART3.HQX UTILITY-TRANSSKEL-PASCAL-DEMOS.HQX UTILITY-TRANSSKEL-PASCAL-DOC.HQX It is certainly worthwhile to try a wildcard in "get" to download all of them, but I don't know if it will work. I assume they are in BinHex format, but I haven't downloaded them yet. Moreover, I see that there are also two similar sets of files, as above but TRANSSKEL is replaced by TRANSEDIT in one case and by TRANSDISPLAY in the other (except the "MULTISKEL" file has no counterparts in either of those sets); I suspect they are somehow related, but - as I said - give me time.} ftp> [bye] {after you're through} I hope it helps. Eric ----------------------------------------------------------- I'm sick & tired of editing my incorrect address in the header. The *correct* one is khayo@MATH.UCLA.EDU; I have no connection with the CS Department, except that we breathe the same smog.