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0 Plain text file
1 Gopher directory
2 CSO phone-book server (the hostname is the machine to connect to, the selector string is blank)
3 Error
4 BinHex Macintosh file
5 Binary DOS archive file
6 UNIX Uuencoded file
7 Index-search server
8 Pointer to text-based Telnet session (hostname is machine name to connect to and selector string is name to log
in as)
9 Binary file
g GIF file
h HTML document
I
Graphic image
I
Unselectable inline text
M MIME encapsulated mail document
P Adobe PDF file
s
Sound
T Pointer to 3270 Telnet session (hostname is machine to connect to and selector string is login name)
You must have the following files on your Linux system for Gopher to work:
● The tn3270 or similar 3270 emulator is used for Telnet 3270 connections.
●
You need the kermit or zmodem communications programs to download files. The binaries are usually called
kermit, sz, sb, and sx.
●
If you allow display of graphics, you need a graphics utility such as xv.
You can modify these requirements if you have a private site (such as for your local area network). If you are offering
open access, you should have all the components.
Configuring Gopher
Installing and configuring Gopher (and Gopher+) is a matter of setting a number of configuration options prior to
compiling the system software (it is usually not precompiled for you) and configuring some standard files. Gopher+
installation is done in the same manner, although with some extra parameters. Because Gopher is more likely to be on
a Linux site than Gopher+, this chapter concentrates on Gopher.
This section uses filenames without full path extensions because it really doesn't matter where you install the Gopher
software, as long as the directory paths are set correctly. There is no defined standard configuration for directory
locations, so feel free to choose whatever works best for you.
The gopherd.conf File
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