Re: UNIX newbie question

[cust_ts@cc.Helsinki.FI (Tero Sand)]

In article <mnementhCunuKF.2DH@netcom.com>,
David R. Villegas <mnementh@netcom.com> wrote:
>In case your system doesn't have gems like ncftp, www, tcsh, and strn, don't
>worry about it.  If you have initiative or know a computer guru, you can
>install the programs yourself.  If you have a low disk quota, you're probably
>out of luck.

Not necessarily. Many (all?) sites have contrib-directories (probably
something like /usr/local/contrib), into which people can install stuff, so
that everybody can use it. If you can't find it, ask around in a local
unix-related newsgroup, or ask root@yoursite.

The final moral: in addition to apple groups, if one wants to reap the
benefit of the .net, one really should read net-related newsgroups, and
following local unix-related newsgroups, if such exist, is probably a
good idea, too.

>David Villegas  (ENTP)                                     mnementh@netcom.com
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