Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!van-bc!rthurlow
From: rthurlow@van-bc.UUCP (Rob Thurlow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Turtle 3.0 suggestion
Message-ID: <184@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jul 89 18:45:06 GMT
References: <8907121203.AA03380@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: rthurlow@van-bc.UUCP (Rob Thurlow)
Organization: Wimsey Associates
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I have another request for Turtle.  It is great, and has saved my bacon twice
now, but I always have a problem with it's method for packing the most files
on each disk.  It always finds the largest file in the current directory that
will fit on the disk and adds that next, continuing until the disk is full.
The problem is that this scrambles my AUTO folder quite badly.  I have
learned to copy that manually to another disk, but I don't like it.  In
general, I'd like to see Turtle only use this algorithm if it is determined
that the entire folder WON'T fit on the floppy, preserving the directory
order otherwise.  The only other beef is that everything I've seen so far to
restore from Turtle disks is either buggy or slower than anything; if anyone
writes the ultimate Unturtle, I'd like to hear about it.  Turtle is terrific
George, thank you from someone who's been saved by it.
-- 
Robert Thurlow              {uunet,ubc-cs}!van-bc!rthurlow
Vancouver, BC, Canada       or rthurlow@van-bc.UUCP
In the heart of Kitsilano   or rthurlow@wimsey.bc.ca