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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Hard disk optimizer program sought.
Message-ID: <1990Sep18.165150.17775@uwasa.fi>
Date: 18 Sep 90 16:51:50 GMT
References: <1990Sep18.154643.22619@welch.jhu.edu>
Organization: University of Vaasa
Lines: 49

In article <1990Sep18.154643.22619@welch.jhu.edu> glenn@welch.jhu.edu (Glenn M. Mason) writes:
>
>Does anyone know of a good public-domain disk optimizer - de-
>fragmenter program? I don't know if such a public-domain animal
>exists. If so I would have a definite use. Any info appreciated.

Here is "any info".  Hope it's of some use.

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From:  Prof. Timo Salmi (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3)
School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun

There are some frequently asked questions about the programs
available from chyde.uwasa.fi, by anonymous ftp, from the /pc/.. 
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 Q: I am interested to know if there exists a program for such and
such purpose.  Would you point me in the right direction.  (This
question also often occurs in the news postings.)

 A1: Most often the best answer is to look through file lists.  We
have several such lists which should together have quite a good
coverage of the PD programs in circulation.  These lists are
/pc/0contents, /pc/pd2/0dir-pd2, /pc/ts/0dir-ts (lists for our site,
chyde.uwasa.fi), /pc/pd2/files-mm.zip (a good English speaking
Finnish BBS), and /pc/pd2/simibm.zip (Simtel20 list). 

A2: How to find files on chyde.uwasa.fi: If you are looking for a
particular program at chyde.uwasa.fi you should always start by
getting the following three files:
   /pc/0contents
   /pc/pd2/0dir-pd2
   /pc/ts/0dir-ts 
And for seeing what is new in the /pc/pd2 and /pc/ts directories,
get
   /pc/pd2/0news-pd2
   /pc/ts/0news-ts

A3: To save you the trouble of downloading all of those files if all
you want is to search for one or two programs, you can use an index
server maintained by Raymond Chen (rjc@math.princeton.edu).  To
obtain instructions, send email with any subject and containing the
single word "help" to the above address. 
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