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Getting FOLDOC source
The dictionary source is a single plain text file (not HTML, not an
executable program of any kind). To use it, just load it into a text
editor and use the editor's search facilities. It is available for
your downloading pleasure from the master
site or any of the mirrors in the
following formats:
Getting FOLDOC updates
Once you have the dictionary source, you can get patches to update it
by entering a password of your choice below. You can choose any
sequence of alphanumeric characters which is likely to be unique to
you (e.g. your login ID). The server uses your password to track
which patches you have seen and sends you any more recent ones as a
single page. These patches are the output of a diff -c
command, and are suitable for use with Larry Wall's
Patch utility, available from SunSite.
It's actually a good idea to get and discard one patch immediately
before you get the whole dictionary. That way the next patch
you get will contain only the relevant changes.
After downloading the patch program, put it in the same directory as
Dictionary. Download any patches into this same directory. Then run
the command from within this directory:
patch -p1 < updateFile.txt
(That's a one, not an L after -p). The Dictionary file must have no
extension (e.g. .txt) for this to work.
RSYNC
An alternative, and in some ways simpler, method to get updates is
using rsync. To connect to the
rsync daemon, execute the command:
rsync rsync://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk:8873/
and to, e.g. copy the dictionary source to your /tmp directory:
rsync --times --progress rsync://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk:8873/foldoc/Dictionary /tmp
See the rsync documentation for details (run rsync with no arguments
for a summary). Please let me know if you find it useful.
Last modified: Thu Jan 20 11:45:16 GMT 2005
Denis Howe
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