On Sat, 27 Jun 2009, Andrew Sly wrote:
>
> Here is a little background, for anyone following the
> conversation, wondering what this is about.
>
> Years ago, the gutindex files used to be the _only_ way
> to locate a text at project gutenberg. If you care to search
> you can still find old "newbie instructions" written by Michael
> Hart, describing how to search the gutindex files,
> find a "base file name", enter command line ftp instructions
> to retrieve the file, etc.
>
> This purpose has been for the most part superceded with the
> use of online catalogs. (An old one on the
promo.net site,
> and then the current incarnation in use.)
>
> However, the gutindex files have been maintained
> until relativly recently, and could still be useful
> in some situations.
>
> They are basically, plain text files, with each PG
> text identified on its own line. Over time, more
> various conventions and additional comments,
> cross-referencing, and so forth were getting
> added and making it very bulky.
>
> Having a catalog-type record for the definitive
> information source for each text began to make
> much more sence. (And thankfully made the
> distinction between the old "base-file-name"
> system, and the current numbered system
> invisible to the average user.)
>
> On our current website, Marcello has identified them
> as "offline catalogs" and they are linked to from:
>
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Offline_Catalogs
>
>
> Andrew
>
> On Sat, 27 Jun 2009, Al Haines (shaw) wrote:
>
> > Has anyone discussed the maintenance of the gutindex files with Greg Newby? If not, it would be advisable.
> >
> > Al
> >
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