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A.6 $HARVEST_HOME/lib

The $HARVEST_HOME/lib directory contains number of Perl library routines and other programs needed by various parts of Harvest, as follows:

     
chat2.pl, ftp.pl, socket.ph
Perl libraries used to communicate with remote FTP servers.

      dateconv.pl, lsparse.pl, timelocal.pl
Perl libraries used to parse ls output.

  ftpget
Perl program used to retrieve files and directories from FTP servers.
Usage: ftpget [-htmlify] localfile hostname filename A,I username password

  gopherget.pl
Perl program used to retrieve files and menus from Gopher servers.
Usage: gopherget.pl localfile hostname port command

  newsget.pl
Perl program used to retrieve USENET articles and group summaries from NNTP servers.
Usage: newsget.pl localfile news-URL

  soif.pl
Perl library used to process SOIF.

  urlget
Program used to retrieve a URL.
Usage: urlget URL

  urlpurge
Program to purge the local disk URL cache used by urlget and the Gatherer.
Usage: urlpurge



Duane Wessels
Wed Jan 31 23:46:21 PST 1996