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From: tadguy@abcfd01.larc.nasa.gov (Tad Guy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Making AB20's FILES.Z more usable (UNIX'ers please read)
Message-ID: <TADGUY.91May3183306@abi2.larc.nasa.gov>
Date: 3 May 91 22:33:06 GMT
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In-Reply-To: crazyrat@disk.uucp's message of 27 Apr 91 02:12:44 GMT

[ I waitied a little too long to follow up to this discussion and some
  of the articles have expired; sorry about that... ]

In article <1991Apr27.021244.10261@disk.uucp> crazyrat@disk.uucp (@jap) writes:
> This is nice and all, but is completely useless for those of us who HAVE to
> resort to BITFTP.  I know of many people personally who have had to pull the
> FILES file down at least once a month to check it out.  I thought that's what
> the file was for was to let people who have normal ftp be able to search
> the file for what they want.

The FILES.Z is for anyone, not just those with ``normal'' ftp 
(whatever that is)...

> I suggested (nicely) that the moderator of the site make a FILES.Z
> file for each subdivision of the archive.  [/incoming/amiga,
> /incoming/vms, /amiga, etc].
> I was politely ignored it seems.

More likely I never received your message.  I can't find any record of
having received or replied to any message from either of the addresses in
your signature.  Feel free to send it again (but please mail suggestions and
comments about the AB20 ftp area to <ftp@ab20.larc.nasa.gov> and not to me
personally).

	...tad