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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2009-05-22 23:51:44 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2009-05-22 23:51:44 +0000 |
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-archives.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-archives.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..c5d5971f4f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-archives.html @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +<head> +<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label archives</title> +</head><body> +<h3>Repositories of TeX material</h3> +<p/>To aid the archiving and retrieval of of TeX-related files, a +TUG working group developed the Comprehensive TeX Archive +Network (CTAN). Each CTAN site has identical material, +and maintains authoritative versions of its material. These +collections are extensive; in particular, almost everything mentioned +in this FAQ +is archived at the CTAN sites (see the lists of software at the +end of each answer). +<p/> + The CTAN sites are + <a href="ftp://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive">Dante (Germany)</a>, + <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive">Cambridge (UK)</a> and + <a href="ftp://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive">TUG (USA)</a>; the links are to + the root of the CTAN tree, above which the layout is + identical at each site. +<p/>The TeX files at each CTAN node may also be accessed via +the Web at URLs <a href="http://www.dante.de/tex-archive">http://www.dante.de/tex-archive</a>, +<a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive">http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive</a> and +<a href="http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive">http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive</a> respectively, but not all +CTAN mirrors are Web-accessible. +<p/>As a matter of course, to reduce network load, +please use the CTAN site +or mirror closest to you. A complete and current list of CTAN sites +and known mirrors is available as file <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/CTAN.sites">CTAN.sites</a> on the +archives themselves. +<p/>Better still, the script behind <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/">http://mirror.ctan.org/</a> will +cunningly choose a “nearby” mirror for you, using information from +the database ‘behind’ <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/CTAN.sites">CTAN.sites</a>; at present it uses +<code>ftp</code> protocol for transfers, but the intention is to convert +it to using <code>http</code> (web) protocol in the near future. +<p/>To access a particular thing through the <code>mirror.ctan.org</code> +mechanism, simply place the CTAN path after the base +URL; so +<a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/footmisc/">http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/footmisc/</a> will +connect you to the <i>footmisc</i> directory — note that the +<i>tex-archive</i> part of the CTAN path isn’t needed. +<p/>For details of how to find files at CTAN sites, see +“<a href="FAQ-findfiles.html">finding (La)TeX files</a>”. +<p/>The TeX user who has no access to any sort of +network may buy a copy of the archive as part of the +<a href="FAQ-CD.html">TeX Live distribution</a>. +<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=archives">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=archives</a> +</body> |