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A.6 $HARVEST_HOME/lib

The $HARVEST_HOME/lib directory contains number of Perl library routines and other programs needed by various parts of Harvest, as follows:

     
chat2.pl, ftp.pl, socket.ph
Perl libraries used to communicate with remote FTP servers.

dateconv.pl, lsparse.pl, timelocal.pl      
Perl libraries used to parse ls output.

ftpget.pl  
Perl program used to retrieve files and directories from FTP servers.
Usage: ftpget.pl [-htmlify] localfile hostname filename A,I username password

gopherget.pl  
Perl program used to retrieve files and menus from Gopher servers.
Usage: gopherget.pl localfile hostname port command

newsget.pl  
Perl program used to retrieve USENET articles and group summaries from NNTP servers.
Usage: newsget.pl localfile news-URL

soif.pl  
Perl library used to process SOIF. See Appendix B.3 for details.

urlget  
Program used to retrieve a URL.
Usage: urlget URL

urlpurge  
Program to purge the local disk URL cache used by urlget and the Gatherer.
Usage: urlpurge



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Darren Hardy
Mon Apr 3 15:22:37 MDT 1995