The Unix Archive is available via various protocols from several sites. We would love to have more mirrors of this archive. If you could provide a mirror of this site, please let Warren Toomey know.
All archive sites require that only legitimate holders of a UNIX source license can access the archive. You will need to request access to the archive and prove you hold a UNIX source license. Once confirmed, you will receive a username and password to access the archive.
Password-protected FTP access to the Unix Archive is available from:
Password-protected HTTP access to the Unix Archive is available from:
The Unix Archive can also be accessed via an rsync server on minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au. See the rsync web page for details on how to obtain a client.
The rsync access is divided into a number of categories in order to ease the load on the Unix Archive server. The categories are:
| Name | Holds | Size (Megs) |
| UA_Root | root files | 1M |
| UA_Applications | Applications directory | 65M |
| UA_4BSD | 4BSD directory | 371M |
| UA_PDP11 | PDP-11 directory | 492M |
| UA_VAX | VAX directory | 5M |
| UA_Other | Other directory | 3M |
You can use rsync to mirror each section. To mirror the complete archive, you would issue the following commands:
mkdir Applications 4BSD PDP-11 VAX Other rsync -avz username@minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au::UA_Root . rsync -avz username@minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au::UA_Applications Applications rsync -avz username@minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au::UA_4BSD 4BSD rsync -avz username@minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au::UA_PDP11 PDP-11 rsync -avz username@minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au::UA_VAX VAX rsync -avz username@minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au::UA_Other Other
where username is the username you were given once your Unix Archive access was granted.