Finding a specific file

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## A.1: Finding a specific file

Before you start looking, you should be aware that not all Aminet sites are complete. Most delete older files. So if you don't find something at your 'home' mirror, use one of the big sites that keep everything online like ``ftp.wustl.edu`', ``ftp.uni-paderborn.de`' or ``ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk`'

Sometimes you are looking for a certain category of file without knowing a name. You then best go by directory. The directories within ``/pub/aminet/`' are:

      new/     New files, upload here. (See new/README.BEFORE.UPLOAD)
      priv/    Private uploads.        (See new/README.BEFORE.UPLOAD)

      biz/     Business software       hard/    Hardware related
      comm/    Communications          info/    Site information
      demo/    Euro style demos        misc/    Miscellaneous
      docs/    Text documents          mods/    Music modules
      dev/     Developer software      mus/     Music software
      disk/    Disk tools              pix/     Pictures
      game/    Games software          text/    Text related
      gfx/     Graphics software       util/    Utilities

A complete list of the sub-directories can be found in the file ``TREE`'. A local ``INDEX`' with descriptions is in each subdirectory, however it only lists the files that exist on that site, not the ones available elsewhere on Aminet.