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author: ~ben
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published: true
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title: gopher
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description: gopher server and proxy
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category:
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- main
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---
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# gopher
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the [gopher protocol](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol)) was
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created in 1991. it didn't survive long due to [draconic licensing](
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http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/vms/networking/gopher/gopher-software-licensing-policy.ancient).
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we're trying to keep this cool corner of the web alive.
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## add and create your gophersite
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to add your own gopher site, run the following command:
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this is created along with your account. to get listed on the [main gophermap](gopher://tilde.team),
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make some changes to your root gophermap. the listing script diffs against the default gophermap.
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```bash
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mkdir -p -m 755 ~/public_gopher
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```
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(this presumes you don't already have a public_gopher dir in your $HOME.
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new users from here on out will have a public_gopher by default)
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if a file called `gophermap` exists in the directory you're currently
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browsing to in gopher, it will get processed and displayed.
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see [this example](https://github.com/gophernicus/gophernicus/blob/master/README.Gophermap)
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for more information on file types and special chars.
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one of the coolest item types supported in gophernicus is `=` which allows you
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to include other gophermaps or the output of executables.
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you can even make your whole gophermap executable and it will be run through
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whatever interpreter you specify in the shebang.
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---
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## browse gophersites
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if you're currently connected from a tilde.team shell, you can use the
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[`lynx`](https://lynx.browser.org/) browser.
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```bash
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lynx gopher://tilde.team
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```
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if you want to access the gophersite in your public_gopher dir, use the following
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link structure: [gopher://tilde.team/1/~username](gopher://tilde.team/1/~username)
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you can install it on your local machine too :)
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otherwise, you can use our [http proxy](https://gopher.tildeverse.org/tilde.team) to browse the gophernet.
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hope to see you on there soon!
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