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1.1       root        1: .TH NETLIB 7
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: netlib \- retrieve public-domain software
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B mail research!netlib
                      6: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      7: .I Netlib
                      8: retrieves files by electronic mail from a set of libraries
                      9: of public-domain software, mostly mathematical.
                     10: Netlib responds to mail messages containing one or more
                     11: of the requests described below.
                     12: .HP
                     13: .B send index
                     14: .br
                     15: .ns
                     16: .HP
                     17: .B send
                     18: [ 
                     19: .I option ...
                     20: ]
                     21: .I file ...
                     22: [
                     23: .B but not
                     24: .I file ...
                     25: ]
                     26: .B from
                     27: .I library ...
                     28: .br
                     29: Retrieve files from specified libraries.
                     30: The
                     31: .L index
                     32: lists all libraries and gives other helpful information.
                     33: A file is delivered together with all files
                     34: it depends on from its library, unless option
                     35: .L only
                     36: is present.
                     37: Files are retrieved in upper case for requests written
                     38: in upper case.
                     39: .HP
                     40: .B whois
                     41: .I names
                     42: .br
                     43: Retrieve addresses and telephone numbers from a database
                     44: of applied mathematicians.
                     45: .HP
                     46: .B find
                     47: .I word ... 
                     48: [
                     49: .B from
                     50: .I library ...
                     51: ]
                     52: .br
                     53: Retrieve one-line index descriptions by content from all or
                     54: any directories.
                     55: .HP
                     56: .B mailsize
                     57: .I size
                     58: .br
                     59: Limit the length of mail messages to
                     60: .I size.
                     61: The size may be given in kilobytes, e.g. 
                     62: .BR 100k .
                     63: .PP
                     64: For information about a particular library, retrieve its
                     65: .LR index ,
                     66: which lists routines with one-line descriptions,
                     67: or its
                     68: .LR directory .
                     69: The library
                     70: .LR core 
                     71: contains machine constants and basic linear algebra modules
                     72: that are needed with many other libraries.
                     73: .SH EXAMPLES
                     74: .TP
                     75: .B send index from eispack
                     76: What's in 
                     77: .BR eispack ?
                     78: .TP
                     79: .B send directory from eispack
                     80: Get file names and sizes.
                     81: .TP
                     82: .B send dgeco from linpack
                     83: Retrieve a routine and all it depends on.
                     84: .TP
                     85: .B "send list of dgeco from linpack
                     86: How big would that retrieval be?
                     87: .TP
                     88: .B find cubic spline
                     89: What does
                     90: .I netlib
                     91: have about `cubic' or `spline'?

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