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diff --git a/static/v10/man7/netlib.7 b/static/v10/man7/netlib.7 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2dbc04b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man7/netlib.7 @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +.TH NETLIB 7 +.SH NAME +netlib \- retrieve public-domain software +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B mail research!netlib +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Netlib +retrieves files by electronic mail from a set of libraries +of public-domain software, mostly mathematical. +Netlib responds to mail messages containing one or more +of the requests described below. +.HP +.B send index +.br +.ns +.HP +.B send +[ +.I option ... +] +.I file ... +[ +.B but not +.I file ... +] +.B from +.I library ... +.br +Retrieve files from specified libraries. +The +.L index +lists all libraries and gives other helpful information. +A file is delivered together with all files +it depends on from its library, unless option +.L only +is present. +Files are retrieved in upper case for requests written +in upper case. +.HP +.B whois +.I names +.br +Retrieve addresses and telephone numbers from a database +of applied mathematicians. +.HP +.B find +.I word ... +[ +.B from +.I library ... +] +.br +Retrieve one-line index descriptions by content from all or +any directories. +.HP +.B mailsize +.I size +.br +Limit the length of mail messages to +.I size. +The size may be given in kilobytes, e.g. +.BR 100k . +.PP +For information about a particular library, retrieve its +.LR index , +which lists routines with one-line descriptions, +or its +.LR directory . +The library +.LR core +contains machine constants and basic linear algebra modules +that are needed with many other libraries. +.SH EXAMPLES +.TP +.B send index from eispack +What's in +.BR eispack ? +.TP +.B send directory from eispack +Get file names and sizes. +.TP +.B send dgeco from linpack +Retrieve a routine and all it depends on. +.TP +.B "send list of dgeco from linpack +How big would that retrieval be? +.TP +.B find cubic spline +What does +.I netlib +have about `cubic' or `spline'? |
