``Amd'' - An Automounter

[Jan-Simon Pendry]

``Amd'' is now available.

Amd is a value-added replacement for the SunOS 4 automount(8) program.
Though based on that program in spirit, it contains no proprietary UN*X
source code.

Amd is NOT in the Public Domain.  It is distributed under terms similar to
the Berkeley Networking release.

The version being distributed is release 5.1b.  Versions distributed by
Berkeley will have a BSD SCCS Id.  Versions distributed by me do not.
Check the time stamps to determine the lineage.

Amd is believed to work correctly on Sun-3's (SunOS 3.5 and 4.0), Sun-4's
(SunOS 4.0), HP-9000/300 (HP-UX 6.x & MORE/bsd), IBM RT PCs (ACIS 4.3),
VAXen (Ultrix 2.2, 3.0 & MORE/bsd), Mac-II (A/UX), Orion 1/05 (OTS) and
Acorn Archimedes (RISC iX).  It may work on other UN*X variants -- please
feel free to try a port, but be sure to send me a record of the changes
you had to make.

There has been a high demand for pre-release versions of Amd so this first
release is being made as widely available as possible.  Amd can be
obtained through any of the following channels:

1.  On the Internet Amd is available via anonymous FTP from host
    usc.edu, file "/pub/amd/amd.tar.Z".  The LaTeX documentation is
    also available preformatted in PostScript in the file
    "/pub/amd/amd-doc.PS.Z".

2.  In the UK on JANET or PSS via Public NIFTP from host
    uk.ac.ic.doc.src file "<PUB>Amd/amd.tar.Z".  The documentation is
    also available in PostScript in the file "<PUB>Amd/amd-doc.PS.Z".

3.  Within the UK *only* via email from info-server at doc.ic.ac.uk.  Send
    a message with the body:
	topic: sources
	request: amd
	topic: end

4.  On EUnet Amd is available from mcsun.eu.net:
4a. On InterEUnet Amd is available via anonymous FTP from
    host mcsun.eu.net, file "amd-5.1.1.5.tar.Z".
4b. Dutch users *only* can pick it up via UUCP from site hp4nl,
    file "amd-5.1.1.5.tar.Z".
4c. Other EUnet users will have to ask their national backbone site to
    fetch it either by FTP or UUCP from mcsun.

5.  Amd has been submitted to comp.sources.unix.

6.  Elsewhere - I guess you need to ask someone covered by 1-5 to get
    you a copy.

Tape distributions are available within the UK - more details from the
info-server.

Please forward *all* bug reports to Jan-Simon Pendry by email
<jsp at doc.ic.ac.uk> or <..ukc!icdoc!jsp> quoting the details of the release
and your configuration, which can be obtained by running the command "amd
-v".  Thanks.

Since this is the first general release the documentation may not be fully
up to date or complete.  If you have any questions do not hesitate to send
email.

The Amd configuration language compiler will be released in due course.

Jan-Simon.