Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list gopher); Wed, 07 Aug 2002 00:32:33 -0500 (EST) Return-Path: <spectre@stockholm.ptloma.edu> Delivered-To: gopher@complete.org Received: from stockholm.ptloma.edu (stockholm.ptloma.edu [199.106.86.50]) by gesundheit.complete.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FA1A61D76 for <gopher@complete.org>; Wed, 7 Aug 2002 00:32:33 -0500 (EST) Received: (from spectre@localhost) by stockholm.ptloma.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id WAA30788 for gopher@complete.org; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 22:40:48 -0700 From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre@stockholm.ptloma.edu> Message-Id: <200208070540.WAA30788@stockholm.ptloma.edu> Subject: [gopher] Re: Process question In-Reply-To: <20020806135709.A6583@pongonova.net> from Brian at "Aug 6, 2 01:57:09 pm" To: gopher@complete.org Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 22:40:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL39 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-archive-position: 657 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: gopher-bounce@complete.org Errors-to: gopher-bounce@complete.org X-original-sender: spectre@stockholm.ptloma.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: gopher@complete.org List-help: <mailto:ecartis@complete.org?Subject=help> List-unsubscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=unsubscribe> List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-ID: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> X-List-ID: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> List-subscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=subscribe> List-owner: <mailto:jgoerzen@complete.org> List-post: <mailto:gopher@complete.org> List-archive: <http://www.complete.org/mailinglists/archives/> X-list: gopher

> I have a process question about gopher, and gophermap specifically. I'm > tempted to automagically generate a new gophermap whenever I add new > files/dirs to my gopher root dir. From what I can tell, gophermap is an > all-or-nothing deal: If you use it, then everything you want accessible > has to be part of gophermap. If you don't, > then everything in the gopher root is accessible.

Since bucktooth is the originator of the gophermap 'standard' and since I'm the originator of bucktooth :-), I feel authoritative enough to say that your understanding squares with the present implementation.

Now, to be sure, the UMN-style gopher menus should work in the same fashion, however, if memory serves.

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