The INDEX, SEARCH and GET commands

These are commands to manipulate the EuroPG archive of digests.

Index

Index gets a list of files in the EuroPG archive.

Search

Search the EuroPG archives for a specified word or pattern. The search is not case sensitive.

Get

Get retrieves the specified EuroPG archive.

Syntax: index [archive | path-to-archive] [-all]

Get a list of files for the specified archive, or listproc -- the master archive, if none given. Files are actually listed for the requested archive, plus all of its subarchives but only if you provide the -all option. Obviously the master archive will list all of the available files from this server.

The archiving system is hierarchical. Therefore subarchives may have the same names; they can be distinguished by the path (the branch in the hierarchy) to them. For example, the archives unix and pub/unix are distinct. 'path-to-archive' is a UNIX style path (such as pub/unix) -- i.e. a '/' is used to move through the branches of the hierarchy. An 'index' request always reports paths to archives for your convinience.

Syntax: search ] [-all]

Search all files of the specified archive (and all of its subarchives if -all is specified) for lines that match the pattern. The parent can simply be a key word or keywords seperated by & for AND or | for OR. It can also be a more complex query. For details of advanced syntax click here.

Syntax: get [parts]

Get the specified file from the specified archive. The file may have been split into parts because some mailers cannot send large files, and in this case you will receive as many messages as the number of parts the file has been split into.

To use any of these commands, send an email to:

	listproc@psychol.ucl.ac.uk

with no subject and a message body of only one of the following:

	index europg			Returns a listing of the archived digests.

	search europg 			Returns the name of the digests in which 
					the pattern was found.

	get europg 			Returns the requested digest(s)

Example

search europg Airwave & XMX

Returns: digest-233-15-apr-1997

get europg digest-233-15-apr-1997

Returns the digest number 223