Prospero also allows users to access Archie as if it were part of a file system. Here is an example of how Prospero can be used to access Archie in this manner. Script started on Mon Jul 1 22:36:42 1991 % source /home/ftp/archie/pfs/bin/vfsetup.source % vfsetup guest % venable % cd /archive-sites/archie/regex % cd prospero (This command specifies the query) % ls -l total 0 -r--r--r-- 0 - 0 - info-prospero.arc dr-xr-xr-x 0 - 0 - prospero dr-xr-xr-x 0 - 0 - prospero-papers -r--r--r-- 0 - 0 - prospero.arc -r--r--r-- 0 - 0 - prospero.tar.Z (Note that the "vls" command could have been used) (to show where the files were actually stored ) % ls prospero (list a result if it is a directory) prog.tar.Z prospero.tar.Z % cat info-prospero.arc (The file is automatically retrieved and displayed) >From bcn@n1dmm Tue Dec 4 02:33:36 1990 Received: from n1dmm.cs.washington.edu by june.cs.washington.edu (5.64/7.0jh) id AA24763; Tue, 4 Dec 90 02:33:36 -0800 Received: by n1dmm.cs.washington.edu (5.64/7.0h) id AA08497; Tue, 4 Dec 90 02:33:31 -0800 Date: Tue, 4 Dec 90 02:33:31 -0800 From: bcn@cs.washington.edu (Clifford Neuman) ... % vdisable % exit script done on Mon Jul 1 22:39:33 1991