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The 'domains' command allows you to query the current server about the
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archie 'pseudo-domains' that it supports.
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The archie system has the concept of "pseudo-domains". This is primarily
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for the convenience of being able to specify things like
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"usa" instead of ".gov" and ".com" and ".edu" and ".us" etc.
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Pseudo-domains are composed of normal Domain Name System (DNS) domains
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and other pseudo-domains and each archie server administrator may define
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them aribtrarily. Ultimately all pseudo-domains should resolve into a
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list of actual DNS domains. For example, the system administrator may
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define the pseduo-domain "eastcoastu" to be "massu:nyu:princeton.edu"
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(universities in Mass., New York and Princeton University). They could
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then define "massu" to be "harvard.edu:bu.edu" (Harvard and Boston
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Universities) and "nyu" to be "nyu.edu:columbia.edu" (NY University and
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Columbia).
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Thus "eastcoastu" would ultimately be
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"harvard.edu:bu.edu:nyu.edu:columbia.edu:princeton.edu"
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