Archie offers access to
files available from
anonymous FTP sites. It is not used much, but it can still be found at
educational sites in particular.
You use archie to search an FTP site for files or anything matching a string of text you type in.
archie -{switch} {string}
Switches:
-c Case-sensitive substring search
-r Regular expression search
-s Case-insensitive substring match
Example:
>archie -s fisheye
Host ftp.physics.ucsd.edu
Location: /pub/physicsdept/binaries/usr.bin.nomirror
FILE -rw-r--r-- 28254 Nov 26 00:26 fisheye.tar.z
After you find the file, you can use an FTP, ssh or telnet program to download it.