Figure 4: Example of a session with archie

archie> set mailto bjorn@sysadmin.com
archie> set sortby hostname
archie> prog passwd+

Sorting by hostname

Host ftp.waseda.ac.jp   (133.9.1.32)
Last updated 22:28 29 Sep 1992

Location: /pub/security
DIRECTORY rwxr-xr-x       512  Jul  3 14:42   passwd+

archie> prog login

Sorting by hostname

Host agate.berkeley.edu   (128.32.136.1)
Last updated 09:48 29 Sep 1992

Location: /pub/386BSD/386bsd-0.1/filesystem/usr/bin
FILE      r-xr-xr-x     61440  Jul 13 06:32   login
Location: /pub/386BSD/386bsd-0.1/filesystem/usr/src/usr.bin
DIRECTORY rwxr-xr-x       512  Jul 18 01:27   login
Location: /pub/386BSD/386bsd-0.1/filesystem/usr/obj/usr.bin
DIRECTORY rwxr-xr-x       512  Jul 13 06:41   login
Location: /pub/386BSD/386bsd-0.1/filesystem/usr/rbn/sh/funcs
FILE      r--r--r--      1981  Apr 15  1991   login

Host aix370.rrz.uni-koeln.de   (134.95.80.1)
Last updated 10:04 29 Sep 1992

Location: /.disk2/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume17
DIRERrxw-      384  Nov 29  1991   login
Location: /.disk2/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume25
DIRECTORY rwxrwxr-x       384  Nov 29  1991   login

Host ames.arc.nasa.gov   (128.102.18.3)
Last updated 10:27 29 Sep 1992

Location: /pub/UNIX
DIRECTORY rwxr-xr-x       512  Aug 31  1989   login

Host bigmax.ulowell.edu   (129.63.32.1)
Last updated 11:00 29 Sep 1992

Location: /comp.binaries.ibm.pc/volume19
DIRECTORY rwxr-xr-x       512  Jul  8 16:02   repstr3a
DIRECTORY rwxr-xr-x       512  Aug 28 10:55   login

Host brolga.cc.uq.oz.au   (130.102.128.5)
Last updated 11:10 29 Sep 1992

Location: /comp.sources.misc/volume25
DIRECTORY rwxr-xr-x       512  Nov 25 02:12   login
Location: /comp.sources.misc/volume17
DIRECTORY rwxr-xr-x       512  Apr  2  1991   login

archie> mail
archie> bye