archie can find programs [WAS: where are plot2fig and pic2fig?]

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From: Jonathan Monsarrat
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 23:47

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> where are plot2fig and pic2fig?

Try using archie, which is a great program that can find most anything.

% archie pic2fig

Host reseq.regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de

    Location: /informatik.public/comp/typesetting/tex/unix_tex/tex82/TeXgraphics
/transfig
      DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x        512  Mar  9 1989  pic2fig

Host dsrbg2.informatik.tu-muenchen.de

    Location: /pub/tex/unix_tex/tex82/TeXgraphics/transfig
      DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x        512  Mar  9 1989  pic2fig

Host toklab.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp

    Location: /tex/JTEX-DIST/tex2.95/tex82/TeXgraphics/transfig
      DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x        512  Dec 20 1988  pic2fig


> How can I find a program?
> 
>     To find a program, try using an ``archie'' server. Archie will
>     figure out which FTP sites have the program that you are looking
>     for. Please try archie before asking people for the program.
> 
>     I would be happy to answer questions about where to get programs.
>     Just send me email. If you find a good ftp site for these programs,
>     please let me know.
> 
>     To use archie, just type ``archie'' or ``xarchie''. If you don't
>     have that program, then you can telnet to one of the following
>     addresses and type ``archie'' as the username. To get help type
>     ``help''.
> 
> 
>       archie.rutgers.edu   128.6.18.15     (Rutgers University)
>       archie.unl.edu       129.93.1.14     (University of Nebraska in Lincoln)
>       archie.sura.net      128.167.254.179 (SURAnet archie server)
>       archie.ans.net       147.225.1.2     (ANS archie server)
>       archie.au            139.130.4.6     (Australian server)
>       archie.funet.fi      128.214.6.100   (European server in Finland)
>       archie.doc.ic.ac.uk  146.169.11.3    (UK/England server)
>       archie.cs.huji.ac.il 132.65.6.15     (Israel server)
>       archie.wide.ad.jp    133.4.3.6       (Japanese server)
> 
>     If you don't have telnet, send email to archie at any of the above
>     sites with the subject ``help''.

Archie doesn't find anything for plot2fig.

-Jon

p.s. I usually answer questions like this with personal mail. I
thought the information about archie might be interesting in general, though.

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