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- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 21:28:27 MST
- From: haymoree@vermont.et.byu.edu (Edward Haymore)
- Subject: Re: archie updates
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- Dan Evans (evans1@cbnewsm.cb.att.com) wrote:
- | How long does it take for the archie machines to be updated once new files
- | have been installed on the ftp machines? Just wantin' to know.
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- I believe that every night they update the directories of 1/30 of the
- machines they have listed, so the maximum lag would be about a month --
- minimum, you take your chances.
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- You could try searches on two or three different archie servers, if you
- really need a recent file. I wouldn't expect their searches to be
- synchronized.
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- Ed Haymore
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