Monthly Posting: Informix Archive Sites
Informix Archive Sites Last Changed: August 16, 1994 This is a listing of sites known to contain archives of Informix-related files and documentation. Please send any additions or changes to this listing to Walt Hultgren <walt@rmy.emory.edu>. ARCHIVE SITES Name: cc1.kuleuven.ac.be IP: 134.58.8.32 Location: Belgium, GMT + 1 Access: World Wide Web/Mosaic using URL http://cc1.kuleuven.ac.be/student/informix-faq.html Contact: Bert Barbe <stud01@cc4.kuleuven.ac.be>, GUTEST8@BLEKUL11.BITNET Contents: HTML version of the Informix FAQ listing. Name: das13.snide.com Access: Anonymous UUCP E-mail to archive-server@das13.snide.com Location: United States, Eastern time zone, GMT - 5 Contact: Dave Snyder <dave@das13.snide.com> Contents: Utilities for ISQL, ESQL/C and I4GL developed by Dave Snyder. Name: ftp.demon.co.uk IP: 158.152.1.69 Location: United Kingdom, local time = GMT Access: Anonymous FTP Directory: /pub/perl/db/isqlperl Contact: Bill Hails <bill@tardis.co.uk> Contents: Files related to interfacing the perl programming language with Informix databases using isqlperl, developed by Bill Hails. Name: kcbbs.gen.nz IP: 202.14.102.1 Location: New Zealand, GMT + 12 Access: Anonymous FTP Directory: /informix Contact: Kerry Sainsbury <kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz> Contents: Files related to the Informix FAQ listing (primary site). Name: mathcs.emory.edu IP: 128.140.2.1 Location: United States, Eastern time zone, GMT - 5 Access: Anonymous FTP Directory: /pub/informix Contact: Walt Hultgren <walt@rmy.emory.edu> Contents: Utilities, documentation and a complete archive of informix-list and comp.databases.informix articles. Also mirrors many of the files on das13.snide.com and kcbbs.gen.nz. Name: quasar.ucar.edu IP: 128.117.71.21 Location: United States, Mountain time zone, GMT - 7 Access: Anonymous FTP, World Wide Web/Mosaic using URL http://quasar.ucar.edu/ Directory: /pub/Informix_Archive Contact: Mike Reetz <reetz@ncar.ucar.edu> Contents: Mirror of the Informix section of mathcs.emory.edu, updated nightly. Name: InformixLink Location: United States, Pacific time zone, GMT - 8 Access: Interactive dial-up via local telephone numbers world-wide. Contact: Informix Software, Inc., +1 800 331 1763 (USA), or local office. Sheryl Ingravallo <sheryl@informix.com>, +1 415 926 6355 Contents: Bug lists, work-arounds, technical tips, product and marketing information. Recent comp.databases.informix articles with text search capability. NOTES Most of these systems have primary purposes other than being public archives. Please note the time zone local to each system, and try to access it during off-peak hours. This is especially important if you plan to retrieve many files at one time. das13.snide.com To access the archive-server, send mail to "archive-server@das13.snide.com". In the Subject: put the word "help" (w/o the quotes). Leave the rest of your mail blank since it'll be ignored anyway. You will receive mail back explaining in detail what the archive-server is and how to use it. To connect directly to the system using anonymous uucp, create one or more of the following entries in your Systems (or L.sys) file: das13 Any;1 FAST 9600 1-6104614007 "" \\r\\c in:-\\r-in: anonuucp das13 Any;1 ACU 2400 1-6104614007 "" \\r\\d\\r\\c in:-\\r-in: anonuucp das13 Any;1 ACU 1200 1-6104614007 "" \\r\\d\\r\\d\\r\\c in:-\\r-in: anonuucp This is a call to Philadelphia, PA, USA. If you've never used anonymous uucp, try this for your first command: uucp das13!~/ls-lR /usr/spool/uucppublic mathcs.emory.edu The system's full domain-style name is emory.mathcs.emory.edu. Note that this is not the same system as the home of the Informix mailing list. The first files you should get from the archive are "README" and "ls-lR" in the directory /pub/informix. InformixLink InformixLink is an on-line electronic information service offered by Informix Software, Inc. A Basic level of access is provided at no charge to Informix maintenance customers, with Full access available for a subscription fee. World-wide access is provided via local or Public Data Network dial-up. USING ANONYMOUS FTP If you've never used anonymous FTP, here is a quick primer, in the form of a sample session on mathcs.emory.edu with comments in {}. Lines where you type something are marked with "<<<": % ftp mathcs.emory.edu {or: ftp 128.140.2.1} <<< Connected to mathcs.emory.edu. 220 emory FTP server (SunOS 4.1) ready. Name (mathcs.emory.edu:walt): anonymous <<< 331 Guest login ok, send ident as password. Password: walt@rmy.emory.edu {use your e-mail address here} <<< 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> cd pub/informix <<< 250 CWD command successful. ftp> get README <<< 200 PORT command successful. 226 ASCII Transfer complete. ftp> get ls-lR <<< 200 PORT command successful. 226 ASCII Transfer complete. . . {repeat this step for each file you want} . ftp> quit <<< 221 Goodbye. % USING AN FTP MAIL SERVER TO DO ANONYMOUS FTP VIA E-MAIL There are sites connected to the Internet that provide mail servers for use by anyone who doesn't have access to FTP. Such a server acts as an intermediary that takes your request by e-mail, gets the files you want from the FTP site you specify, then e-mails those files back to you. The following sites either have publicized themselves for general use, or have specifically stated they are available for retrieving files from mathcs: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA (*) ftpmail@cs.uow.edu.au University of Wollongong, N.S.W., Australia ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com DEC Western Research Lab, Palo Alto, CA, USA To save wear and tear on the Net, use the site nearest to yours. To obtain a help message, send e-mail to the appropriate server address above consisting of the word "help". The instructions for that server will be returned to you in an e-mail message. (*) NOTE: The BITFTP server at Princeton no longer accepts requests from non-BITNET sites. If you are not at a BITNET site, use one of the other servers listed. As an example, to get the files "README" and "ls-lR" from /pub/informix on mathcs.emory.edu, send a message to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com like the following: reply <your domain-style address or bang-path from decwrl goes here>