de.1

ftam等标准协议服务器和客户端的源代码。

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.SH NAME
de - Directory Enquiries
.SH SYNOPSIS
de
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIDe\fR provides (what is hoped to be) a simple-to-use interface to the
emerging Directory Service, which is based on the X.500 standard.

Whereas many other directory user interfaces provide lots of features, or
use fancy graphics, \fIde\fR is rooted firmly in the Stone Age of computing.
It provides a simple way of accessing the directory service, where the user
is asked to respond to (verbose) prompts and enter information about the 
person they are looking for, who they work for, and the country they work in.  
Note that some of the fields may have default values when the program is
started - the system administrator will have configured these for your local
environment.

There is copious on-line help available.

It is still rather early days for the X.500 Directory Service, and so you
may not be able to find the person you are looking for.  Coverage is
steadily improving: there are already over half a million entries throughout
Europe, North America, Australasia, and a few entries in some other
countries as well.

If, on the other hand, you fail to find the entry you are looking for
because of deficiencies in the interface, or you find it to be ergonomically
unpleasant, complain and offer constructive comments to
<[e-mail]>.
.SH EXAMPLE USAGE
.sp
Usage is straightforward.  The following example shows how to search for a
person.  Note in the example given that an organisation and country are set
up as an initial defaults, and that the telephone numbers are presented in
a local format.
.sp
\fC
.nf
    Person's name, q to quit, * to list people, ? for help
    :- \fBbarker\fP
    Dept name, * to list depts, <CR> to search all depts, ? for help
    :- \fBcs\fP
    Organisation name, <CR> to search `ucl', * to list orgs, ? for help
    :-
    Country name, <CR> to search `gb', * to list countries, ? for help
    :-
.fi
\fR
.sp
The response would be:
.sp
\fC
.nf
    United Kingdom
      University College London
        Computer Science
          Paul Barker
            telephoneNumber       7366
            electronic mail       [e-mail]
            favouriteDrink        guinness
                                  16 year old lagavulin
            roomNumber            G21
.fi
\fP
.sp
You can have a look and see what is in the Directory by listing the entries.
The following example shows how to list entries within a department.
.sp
\fC
.nf
    Person's name, q to quit, * to list people, ? for help
    :- \fB*\fP
    Dept name, * to list depts, <CR> to search all depts, ? for help
    :- \fBfrench\fP
    Organisation name, <CR> to search `ucl', * to list orgs, ? for help
    :-
    Country name, <CR> to search `gb', * to list countries, ? for help
    :-
.fi
\fR
.sp
The response would be:
.sp
\fC
.nf
    United Kingdom
      University College London
        French
             1  A Calder            3081
             2  A L Bergin          3083
             3  A Lavers            7119
             4  A Leak              3079
             5  ADMISSIONS          3084
.fi
\fR
.sp
Lots more features are described in the on-line help screens.