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\chapter{Overview}\label{sec:intro}
\section{What's in SUnet?}
\section{What's SUnet?}
The Scheme Underground Network Package contains a set of libraries for
doing Net hacking from Scheme/scsh. It includes:
The Scheme Untergrund Networking Package (SUnet, for short) contains a
set of libraries for doing Internet hacking from scsh. It includes:
\begin{description}
\item[The SUnet Web server]
This is a complete implementation of an HTTP 1.0 server in Scheme.
The server contains other standalone packages that may separately be
of use:
The server is accompanied some libraries which may also be used separately:
\begin{itemize}
\item URI and URL parsers and unparsers.
\item A library to help writing CGI scripts in Scheme.
\item Server extensions for interfacing to CGI scripts.
\item Server extensions for uploading Scheme code.
\item Simple structured HTML output library
\item URI and URL parsers and unparsers
\item a library for writing CGI scripts in Scheme
\item server extensions for interfacing to CGI scripts
\item server extensions for uploading Scheme code
\item simple structured HTML output library
\end{itemize}
\item[The SUnet ftp daemon]
This is a complete ftp server in Scheme.
\item[ftp client library] Access an ftp server programmatically.
\item[SMTP client library]
Forge mail from the comfort of your own Scheme process.
This is a complete anonymous ftp server in Scheme.
\item[ftp client library] This library allows you to access ftp
servers programmatically.
\item[netrc library] This library parses authentication information
contained in \verb|~/.netrc|.
\item[SMTP client library] This library allows you to forge mail from
the comfort of your own Scheme process.
\item[POP3 client library]
Get at your mails from inside scsh.
\item[RFC822 header library]
Read email-style headers. Useful in several contexts (smtp, http,
etc.)
This library allows you to access your POP3 mailbox from inside scsh.
\item[RFC822 header library] This library parses email-style headers.
\item[Daytime and Time protocol client library]
Find out what time it is without paying for a Rolex.
\item[An \texttt{ls} clone] Display Unix-style directory listings
without running \texttt{ls}.
This library lets you find out what time it is without paying for a
Rolex.
\item[DNS client library] This is a fairly complete, multithreaded DNS
library.
\item[An \texttt{ls} clone] This library Displays Unix-style directory
listings without running \texttt{ls}.
\end{description}
\section{Obtaining the system}
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\section{How to use the packages}
Scsh is started in the SUnet top-level directory. Then, the
description file of the modules is loaded and the \texttt{ftp} module
is opened (to use a ftp client). After the things are done, scsh is
finished via the \verb|,exit| command.
Untar the SUnet distribution somewhere. Fire up scsh and load the
SUnet \texttt{packages.scm} file into the configuration package.
After that, all structures defined by SUnet are available:
%
\begin{alltt}
atari-2600[72] scsh-0.6.2
Welcome to scsh 0.6.2 (Gambit-C 4.0)
atari-2600[72] scsh-0.6.3
Welcome to scsh 0.6.3 (Health Reform)
Type ,? for help.
> ,config ,load packages.scm
modules.scm