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This article is from the Hong Kong FAQ, by John Ho john@jho.com with numerous contributions by others.

3006) What picture categories are available in HKPA?

The structure of HKPA is as follows:

HKPA ------- HKPA.COMICS ----- INDEX
    |       |--- README.DONORS
    |       |--- <other notices & readme files>
    |       |--- <*.gif pictures available>
    |
    |------- HKPA.MISC ----- INDEX
    |       |--- README.DONORS
    |       |--- <other notices & readme files>
    |       |--- <*.gif pictures available>
    |
    |--- HKPA.POPSTARS ----- INDEX
    |            |-- README.DONORS
    |            |-- GUESSING.GAME
    |            |-- BAND.DEF
    |            |-- <other notices & readme files>
    |            |-- male  --- <pictures of male popstar>
    |            |-- female--- <pictures of female popstar>
    |            |-- band  --- <pictures of band>
    |            |-- misc  --- <pictures of more than 1 popstar>
    |            |-- old   --- <lists of new names for pics
    |            |          named by old convention>
    |            |-- guess --- <pictures of unknown popstars to
    |                   be figured out>
    |
    |--- HKPA.SCENIC ----- INDEX
    |          |-- README.DONORS
    |          |-- <other notices & readme files>
    |          |-- <*.gif pictures available>
    |
    |--- HKPA.<future category1>
    :   ................
    |--- HKPA.<future categoryN>

So there are 3 categories currently under HKPA:

Hong Kong Pictures Archive - Popstar Collection (HKPA.POPSTARS)
- in ftp directory /pub/hongkong/hkpa/popstars
- in URL http://sunsite.unc.edu/hkpa/Popstars

Hong Kong Pictures Archive - Scenic Collection (HKPA.SCENIC)
- in ftp directory /pub/hongkong/hkpa/scenic
- in URL http://sunsite.unc.edu/hkpa/Scenic

Hong Kong Pictures Archive - Comics Collection (HKPA.COMICS)
- in ftp directory /pub/hongkong/hkpa/comics
- in URL http://sunsite.unc.edu/hkpa/Comics

In addition, there is a generic archive called
Hong Kong Pictures Archive - Miscellaneous Collection (HKPA.MISC)
- in ftp directory /pub/hongkong/hkpa/misc
- in URL http://sunsite.unc.edu/hkpa/Misc
which accepts pictures of other un-specified categories.

HKPA.***** is called a subdivided archive.

Inside each subdivided archive, there are few special text files of
informations. The common ones are the following:

INDEX List of pictures available in a subdivided archive
README.DONORS Rules and how to contribute pictures for a particular
subdivided archive.

There are other information files for each subdivided archive. Please
read the topics for each subdivided archive for updated information.

 

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