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Usage:
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whatis <substring>
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The 'whatis' command searches the archie Software Description database
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for the given substring, with case being ignored. This database consists
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of names and short descriptions of many of the software packages,
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documents (like RFCs and educational material) and datafiles that are
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stored on the Internet.
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Example:
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whatis uucp
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in part gives as a result:
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RFC 976 Horton, M.R. UUCP mail interchange format
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standard. 1986 February; 12 p.
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cu-shar Allows kermit, cu, and UUCP to all share the
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same lines
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detm-unbatch Cleans up TM files left in the UUCP spool
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directory by the news batching software
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fido-usenet-gw Implement a gateway between UUCP/Usenet/Mail
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and Fidonet
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findpath.sh UUCP Pathfinder
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logfile-stats UUCP LOGFILE analyzer
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mapstats UUCP map statistics program
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nmail Do UUCP mail routing using the output of the
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pathalias(1) program
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We welcome and encourage additions and corrections to this database and
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depend on the archie user community to keep it uptodate. To make your
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contribution to this database, mail to
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archie-admin@bunyip.com
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For new additions, please keep the description to 25 words or less.
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