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cjoslyn at bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn) writes:
> Now I'm looking for a PD 'tags'.  There's a file CTAGS.C on SIMTEL,
> but it's in some bizarre binary format I don't know (certainly not a
> C file).  Can anyone help?

SIMTEL20 doesn't have "bizarre" file formats.  If you have FTP trouble
please report it to Action@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL.  The file you are
referring to is PD1:<MSDOS.C>TAGS.C and it's ASCII, stored as a 7-bit
text file.  The default ascii mode of FTP should retrieve it.

Here are TAGs-related files, excerpted from our complete MSDOS index
PD1:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS>SIMIBM.IDX.

"PD1:","<MSDOS.C>","GNUCTAGS.ARC",1,19417,8,891208,
   "Microsoft C 5.1 port of GNU [ce]tags"

"PD1:","<MSDOS.C>","TAGS.C",3,77128,7,860712,
   "TAGS file system for C and Epsilon"

"PD1:","<MSDOS.FREEMACS>","ETAGS.ARC",2,38154,8,890614,
   "Part of FreEMACS 1.5d text editor"

"PD1:","<MSDOS.PGMUTL>","PCTAGS1.ARC",1,249981,8,891023,
   "MS-DOS & OS/2 source code retrieval system"


  A list of all files in the MSDOS archives is contained in directory
PD1:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS> as follows:

SIMIBM.IDX contains a listing of all files, with a brief one line
description for each file.  This file is updated at approximate 1-2
week intervals (more frequently, time permitting).

SIMIBM.ARC contains the latest SIMIBM.IDX, AAAREAD.ME (this file),
     SIMCVT.BAS, SIMCVT2.BAS, SIMCVT3.EXC, SIMIBM.DB3, SIMIBM.HDR,
     SIMIBM.INF, SIMDISP.AWK, SIMDISP.DOC, SIMDISP.PL and SIMCVT.FOR.
     SIMIBM.ARC s updated at approximate 1-2 week intervals (more
     frequently, time permitting).

Also available:

QUICKREF.LST a quick reference list to SIMTEL20 MSDOS directories.

SIMCVT.BAS and SIMCVT2.BAS are BASICA/GWBASIC programs to convert
     SIMIBM.IDX to a human-readable text file.

SIMCVT3.EXC a VM/CMS REXX program to print SIMIBM.IDX

SIMCVT.FOR a VAX/VMS FORTRAN program to print SIMIBM.IDX

SIMCVT.SPS a VAX/VMS SPS program to print SIMIBM.IDX

SIMDISP.AWK an awk script for displaying SIMIBM.IDX in outline form.

SIMDISP.DOC explains how to use SIMDISP.AWK.

SIMDISP.PL a Pearl script to print SIMTEL20's SIMIBM.IDX.

SIMIBM.DB3 tells how to use SIMIBM.IDX with dBASEIII.

SIMIBM.HDR a PC-File+ database header for use with SIMIBM.IDX.

SIMIBM.INF information on record structure of SIMIBM.IDX.

SIMRAZ12.ARC a program to merge, shorten, rearrange SIMTEL indices.

SIMTEL35.ARC a program which will import any SIMTEL20 comma-delimited
     catalog file and convert it to a .DBF and allow viewing, searching,
     printing reports, etc.  The user does not need dBASE and all the
     necessary files will be created as they are needed by the program.

FILDIF.ARC a program for comparing a previous copy of PD1:<MSDOS>FILES.IDX
     with a new copy.  It displays files added and deleted since you got an
     older index.  This is useful if you are trying to maintain an archive
     in sync with SIMTEL20.  It can generate output scripts for batch FTP
     processing.

PD1:<MSDOS>FILES.IDX and PD2:<MSDOS2>FILES.IDX are updated on a daily
     basis (sometimes several times a day when a lot of new files are
     uploaded).  These are comma-delimited files, without descriptions,
     of the MSDOS and MSDOS2 directories respectively, suitable for
     importing into PC-File+ or DBase III.

It's impossible to make a daily updated list with descriptions with the
quantity of new programs available.  We average about 200 new files per
month.

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Messages about system problems, FTP problems, and network problems
should be directed to Action@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL.

Messages about files in the MSDOS collection should be directed to
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Messages about files in the PC-BLUE collection should be directed to
Wancho@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL.

Messages about problems with BITNET or EARN file servers should be
directed to the system administrator at the server location.  SIMTEL20
does NOT run these servers.

--Keith Petersen
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