Alex is a filesystem that lets users access files in FTP sites around
the world just like they access local files.  The name Alex comes from 
the ancient Library of Alexandria. Alexandria gathered information from 
around the world into one easy to access location. Alex does an analogous 
thing in a very modern way.

Source to Alex is now available.

alex.post             - Latest version of file that is posted to internet.
                        If you want to save just one file on Alex, save this.
                        Explains the easy ways to get a server up.
                         

usenix.wofs92.ps      - paper on Alex as published in Usenix Workshop on File 
                        Systems May of 1992.


intro.ps              - same as above paper but with a few updates

usenix.wofs92.talk.ps - Slides for above talk

alex.html             - Alex www/xmosaic page

alexuser.html         - Alex users www/xmosaic page

README.TOP            - copy of /alex/README


Keywords:     Alexandria, Alex, technical papers, techreport
Master copy:  /alex/edu/cmu/cs/sp/alex/doc/README


   Vincent Cate
   vac@cs.cmu.edu

