Instructions for Retrieving 
Center for Research on Parallel Computation 
Technical Reports

Some of the technical reports issued by the Center for Research on
Parallel Computation (CRPC) are now available in PostScript format
through File Transfer Protocol (FTP), email, and gopher
clients. Hardcopies of the documents will still be available from the
CRPC for a small handling and postage fee.


Files Available

  readme - an index to all online Technical Reports information

  abstracts - abstracts of the CRPC Technical Reports 

  reports* - online CRPC Technical Reports

  trlist.ps* trlist.txt- these files each list all of the CRPC Technical 
  Reports and information on how to order them through regular mail

  trs.online - this file contains are regularly updated list of the
  CRPC Technical Reports available online

*all online Technical Reports and the file trlist.ps are in PostScript
format; other files are in plain text


FTP Instructions

1) At your UNIX prompt, connect to our FTP server with the command:
	ftp softlib.rice.edu

2) Login as anonymous; the password should be your userID:
	example:	login:  anonymous
			password: myname@myaddress.edu

3) You are now in the main directory of the SOFTLIB system; you now
   need to get to where the CRPC files are with the cd command:
	cd pub/CRPC-TRs 
	(note: make sure to use caps as used above)

4) Now you are in the CRPC -TRs directory; to obtain the file
   trlist.ps (for example), use the get command:
	get trlist.ps

5) If you are interested in the abstracts or Technical Reports, you
   must move into the directory they are located in with the cd command:

	cd abstracts	(this moves you to the abstract directory)
  (or)	cd reports	(this moves you to the technical report directory) 

6) At this point, you can review the files available with the
   following command:
	ls  -CF

7) To get one of the files, use the get command:
	get filename
	example:  get CRPC-TR93334.ps
	example:  get 93329.abst

8) You can exit SOFTLIB with the command:
	bye


Email Instructions

1) Send mail to SOFTLIB:
	mail softlib@cs.rice.edu

2) Leave the subject line blank.

3) In the message body, use the send command to get the file you want:
	send filename
	example:  send trlist.ps	(to get the complete list of 
					technical reports)
	example:  send CRPC-TRxxxxx.ps	(to get TR number xxxxx)
	example:  send xxxxx.abst	(to get an abstract of TR number xxxxx)
	example:  send help	(for further email instructions)

4) Please do not include any text within your message body, except the commands   above.


Gopher Instructions

1) If you have a gopher client, you can connect to SOFTLIB with the command:
	gopher softlib.cs.rice.edu 

2) The CRPC files are in the softlib/CRPC-TRs/ directory:
	softlib/CRPC-TRs/		(main directory)
	softlib/CRPC-TRs/abstracts/	(subdirectory with abstracts)
	softlib/CRPC-TRs/reports/	(subdirectory with technical reports)

3) Browse or upload files by the means available with your gopher client.


WWW Instructions

1) A www viewer (such as NCSA Mosaic) can also access the gopher server.
   To start XMosaic directly at the TR archive, enter the following at
   the command prompt:
	xmosaic  gopher://softlib.rice.edu/11/softlib/CRPC-TRs

2) The contents will be displayed in graphical format, as files and
   folders.  To download the files trlist.txt, trlist.ps, or others,
   click on the desired file.

3) The reports and abstracts are available in separate folders.  To
   access the reports folder, click on it.  The display will change to
   a new set of files representing the contents of the folder.

4) Each report is represented by a file.  Click a file to access the
   desired report. Many versions of Mosaic will be able to display
   PostScript directly on your screen. Mosaic will either give you
   the option to save the file, or display it for you immediately.

5) Other CRPC documentation is available in HTML via the URL:
   http://softlib.rice.edu/CRPC/ To access this information from the
   Unix prompt, issue the following:
	xmosaic  http://softlib.rice.edu/CRPC/


Questions, comments, or suggestions regarding the online distribution
system should be e-mailed to sdc@cs.rice.edu.  All messages will
receive a reply within two working days.