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- From: Paul Copsey <paul@hectortd.demon.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: INDEX file on Aminet
- Date: Sat, 17 Feb 96 02:36:08 GMT
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- Olatunbosun S (be584@city.ac.uk) wrote:
- >
- > Isn't it about time to split into smaller parts the INDEX file on Aminet?
- > The problem is not one of transfer time, since the administrators have kindly
- > provided a compressed version, but one of manageability after dowloading the
-
- There are smaller versions in each dir, but it is a pain to update all
- of them, unless you write a script to grab them all. Alternatively
- there are scripts to chop up the full one, but they are pretty slow
- :-(
-
- > file. I'm sure that a 1.5Meg file is quite a handful for the A4000 user let
- > alone the A600 user. I'm using 'vi' on a Sparc station to scan
-
- Oh for the days when it was 400KB! It used to load fine into my 2MB
- A600 then! Thankfully I got a 1200+HD before it outgrew floppies!
-
- One thing that I thought of the other day, is the fact that the wide
- index (which I wonder how many people know about) is hidden in
- info/indexes (I think), which is a shame, as it's much better for
- searching.
-
- Paul
-
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- "Even for an alien, this one is pretty alien."
- -- Dr. Kyle (re: Vorlon Ambassador Kosh), "The Gathering"
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