From: henkp@cs.ruu.nl (Henk Penning)
Subject: Re: FAQs from a rank novice...
Summary: perl-stuff is available via anonymous ftp from ftp.cs.ruu.nl
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 09:07:41 GMT
Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science

In <1992Oct6.235047.29059@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> fjk4i@fulton.seas.Virginia.EDU (Frederick Joseph Keith) writes:

>A few questions from someone TOTALLY new to perl:
>
>1.  Where can I find the FAQ file?
>
>2.  Where can I find a pre-compiled version of perl for MS-DOS?
>
>3.  Where can I find downloadable perl documentation?
>
>Thanks!
>
>--joe keith
>--
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>F. Joseph Keith           University of Virginia    
>Internet: fjk4i@virginia.edu 
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. PERL/FAQ is the FAQ.
2. PERL/msdos-perl contains ms-dos stuff.
3. PERL/perl.man.ps.Z has the perl man-page in postscript.
   PERL/perlref-4.0.35.tar.Z contains the quickref.

________________________________________________________________________
  We, Computer Science department, Utrecht University,  are  running  an
anonymous  FTP  server  on  one  of  our systems. In addition to the FTP
service we're also running a mail  server,  for  those  of  you  without
direct Internet access.


--> How to get 'perl-stuff' via anonymous FTP:

    Site:     ftp.cs.ruu.nl  [131.211.80.17]
    Login:    "anonymous" or "ftp"
    Password: your own email address (you@your_domain)
    file:
      /pub/PERL/FAQ
      /pub/PERL/msdos-perl/INDEX
      /pub/PERL/msdos-perl/README
      /pub/PERL/msdos-perl/README.len
      /pub/PERL/msdos-perl/bcdos_perl-4.019.zoo
      /pub/PERL/msdos-perl/bcdos_perl-4.019E.zoo
      /pub/PERL/msdos-perl/dosperl.lst
      /pub/PERL/msdos-perl/dosperl.zoo
      /pub/PERL/msdos-perl/perl-and-4dos
      /pub/PERL/msdos-perl/perl386-old.zoo
      /pub/PERL/msdos-perl/perl386.zoo
      /pub/PERL/msdos-perl/perl419x.zoo
      /pub/PERL/msdos-perl/perl_exe.lst
      /pub/PERL/msdos-perl/perl_exe.zoo
      /pub/PERL/msdos-perl/ptchdos19.zoo
      /pub/PERL/msdos-perl/readme.386
      /pub/PERL/msdos-perl/readme.msdos
      /pub/PERL/msdos-perl/upload
      /pub/PERL/perl.man.ps.Z
      /pub/PERL/perlref-4.0.35.tar.Z


--> How to get 'perl-stuff' via e-mail from our mail-server:

    NOTE: In the following I have assumed that your mail address is
	  "fred_flintstone@stone.age.edu"; of course you must substitute
	  your own address for this.

	  | Please use a VALID DOMAIN ADDRESS.
	  | Use 'hip!hop!user' if you must.
	  | Never use an address which has both '!' and '@' in it.
	  | Bitnetters use user@host.bitnet


    Send the following message to
		mail-server@cs.ruu.nl
    or the old-fashioned path alternative
		uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!ruuinf!mail-server


    begin
    path fred_flintstone@stone.age.edu (SUBSTITUTE _YOUR_ ADDRESS)
    send PERL/FAQ
    send PERL/msdos-perl/INDEX
    send PERL/msdos-perl/README
    send PERL/msdos-perl/README.len
    send PERL/msdos-perl/bcdos_perl-4.019.zoo
    send PERL/msdos-perl/bcdos_perl-4.019E.zoo
    send PERL/msdos-perl/dosperl.lst
    send PERL/msdos-perl/dosperl.zoo
    send PERL/msdos-perl/perl-and-4dos
    send PERL/msdos-perl/perl386-old.zoo
    send PERL/msdos-perl/perl386.zoo
    send PERL/msdos-perl/perl419x.zoo
    send PERL/msdos-perl/perl_exe.lst
    send PERL/msdos-perl/perl_exe.zoo
    send PERL/msdos-perl/ptchdos19.zoo
    send PERL/msdos-perl/readme.386
    send PERL/msdos-perl/readme.msdos
    send PERL/msdos-perl/upload
    send PERL/perl.man.ps.Z
    send PERL/perlref-4.0.35.tar.Z
    end


The path command can be deleted if we receive a valid from address in your
message. If this is the first time you use our mail server, we suggest you
first issue the request:

      send HELP


  A complete "ls-lR" listing of the archive is  kept  in  the  top-level
directory, it will be updated every night. To get it, issue the command:

     send ls-lR.Z



  That's all for now. If you encounter problems using  the  FTP  service
and/or the mail-server, feel free to drop me a line (by e-mail, please).