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Copyright 1990, Nick de Smith and Applied Telematics Group Ltd.
Modifications Copyright 1990 & 1991, Michael Lawrie, Peter Humble and
University of Leicester.
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This VMSSERV currently understands the following commands which may be
abbreviated to the upper case portion in this list. Commands must be in the
body of the message, the subject is ignored. Multiple commands may be included
on separate lines in the body of a single message. Portions of text in angle-
brackets (<>) may be omitted.
ADDme list your name Synonym for SUSBSCRIBE
DIRectory <<directory:>name<.type>>
Return a list of files available together with their
sizes (in half-Kilobytes). Wildcard characters are
permitted. The default directory specification is
"*.*;" (i.e. everything)
DIStribute list Distributes the rest of the message body to the
named mailing list.
GET <directory:>name.type
Synonym for SENDME
HELp Return a list of valid commands (this file)
INDex <directory> Returns a list of the available packages.
JOIn list your name Synonym for SUBSCRIBE
LEAve list Synonym for UNSUBSCRIBE
LISts Returns a list of publically available mailing lists.
POSt list Synonym for DISTRIBUTE
REMoveme list Synonym for UNSUBSCRIBE
REView list Returns a list of people subscribed to the named
mailing list.
SHOwusers Returnes the results of executing the DCL command
SHOW USERS/FULL on the machine on which VMSSERV is
running.
SENdme <directory:>name.type
Returns a file or package. Wildcard characters are
not allowed.
SUBscribe list your name
Become a member of a mailing list. You will receive
all new messages sent to the mailing list thereafter.
You must give your name (e.g. Nick de Smith) to be
allowed to subscribe.
UNSubscribe list Cease to be a member of a mailing list. Your name is
removed from the list and you will receive no new
messages from it.
? Synonym for HELP
Entire packages are returned using commands of the form:
SEND directory:package-name.PACKAGE
Individual parts from a package are returned by commands of the form:
SEND package-name.n_OF_m
where "n" is the part you are missing, and "m" is the number of parts in the
package.
Any device or directory specification in a SEND,GET or DIRECTORY command,
other than those known specifically to VMSSERVE cause an error report to be
returned.
Filenames on DEC systems, such as this, use a '.' to separate the filename
from the filetype. eg.
SEND XE_SOURCE PACKAGE is incorrect
SEND XE_SOURCE.PACKAGE is correct
SEND XE_SOURCE.1_OF_8 is correct
Files returned by SENDME or GET will be in VMS_SHARE format. If there are binary
files being sent, the files are first passed through LZCOMP and then HEXIFY
before being VMS_SHAREd. You must un-share the resultant files, and then run
DEHEXIFY and LZDCMP before using binary images. eg.
$ RUN DEHEXIFY
input-file.ext_lz_HEX
output-file.ext_lz
$!
$ LZDCMP = "$dev:[dir]LZDCMP"
$ LZDCMP -B -V input-file.ext_LZ output-file.exe
DEHEXIFY is part of the KERMIT distribution and LZDCMP has been distributed on
Info-VAX. Both may be obtained from this VMSSERV with the command
SEND VMSSERV_TOOLS.PACKAGE
To send messages to mailing lists you can either send a message to VMSSERV
with the command:
DISTRIBUTE listname
or by sending a message to:
listname
without a command in it. The difference is that you will get a transaction
log if you send to VMSSERV and not if you send to the list name.
IMPORTANT: Please be sure to direct your mail messages to the correct mail
address. Server commands to GET files or SUBSCRIBE to a list are sent to
VMSSERV. Messages to be relayed to other users who are subscribed to a list
should be mailed to the list using the list name.
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Please send any suggestions/comments/bugs to:
NICK@NCDLAB.ULCC.AC.UK
or P.J.Humble@UK.AC.LEICESTER