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NAME
netlib - retrieve public-domain software
SYNOPSIS
mail research!netlib
DESCRIPTION
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.
send index
send [ option ... ] file ... [ but not file ... ] from
library ...
Retrieve files from specified libraries. The `index'
lists all libraries and gives other helpful informa-
tion. A file is delivered together with all files it
depends on from its library, unless option `only' is
present. Files are retrieved in upper case for
requests written in upper case.
whois names
Retrieve addresses and telephone numbers from a data-
base of applied mathematicians.
find word ... [ from library ... ]
Retrieve one-line index descriptions by content from
all or any directories.
mailsize size
Limit the length of mail messages to size. The size may
be given in kilobytes, e.g. 100k.
For information about a particular library, retrieve its
`index', which lists routines with one-line descriptions, or
its `directory'. The library `core' contains machine con-
stants and basic linear algebra modules that are needed with
many other libraries.
EXAMPLES
send index from eispack
What's in eispack?
send directory from eispack
Get file names and sizes.
send dgeco from linpack
Retrieve a routine and all it depends on.
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send list of dgeco from linpack
How big would that retrieval be?
find cubic spline
What does netlib have about `cubic' or `spline'?