Difference between revisions of "How to use Aminet"

Revision as of 20:14, 3 September 2006

The search function - How to search efficiently
FTP user manual - Instructions for using Aminet via FTP
The ADT protocol - Aminet's expanded FTP protocol: search files, show recent uploads etc.

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-===How to search efficiently===
+* [[The search function]] - How to search efficiently
+* [[FTP user manual]] - Instructions for using Aminet via FTP
-If you just enter a search term that does not contain any special characters (see below), Aminet will find all matches containing your search term - i.e. 'foo' will actually search for '#?foo#?' and will return all strings containing 'foo'.
+* [[The ADT protocol]] - Aminet's expanded FTP protocol: search files, show recent uploads etc.
-The search function also accepts wildcards: Just like under AmigaDOS, <b>#?</b> will match anything, while <b>?</b> will match a single character. Please note that as soon as you use wildcards, searching will try to match the exact phrase you entered, so you need to say '#?foo#?' to match all strings containg foo while 'foo#?' will only find strings starting with foo.
-A good example is to search filenames for <b>lha#?</b> - this will find all filenames starting with 'lha' and is the best way to find the actual LhA executable without getting all LhA archives listed.
-Note: Instead of <b>#?</b>, you can also use <b>*</b> or <b>%</b>.