Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ucbvax!R20.UTEXAS.EDU!CMP.WERNER From: CMP.WERNER@R20.UTEXAS.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: size of archive-file of recent messages *TOO BIG* Message-ID: <12292318560.27.CMP.WERNER@R20.UTEXAS.EDU> Date: Mon, 6-Apr-87 06:22:34 EST Article-I.D.: R20.12292318560.27.CMP.WERNER Posted: Mon Apr 6 06:22:34 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Apr-87 23:42:27 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 55 hi, I just thought I take a quick look at the recent messages of the last few days or weeks - and was confronted with a file of HUGE size which I hesitate to FTP, as it seems such a waste of resources and time for the benefit. in addition, many local users simply would not have the disk-space available to deal with files of this size (and I often don't have this kind of free space either - and we don't have TEMP or SCRATCH directories for anyone to use) FTP>dir, FTP>>v FTP>> Size Prot Write Read Writer PS: MODEMS-ARCHIV.TXT.1 195 775656 5-Apr-87 29-Mar-87 info-modems-request this file seems to be close to a MegaByte - would it be possible to keep things to under 100K? I found a similar situation with older archives of MODEM7/XMODEM: (please also note, how the 2 consecutive commands do not display all the files I would have expected to see in the first case) FTP>dir ,, FTP>>v FTP>> Size Prot Write Read Writer PS: MODEM7.ARCHIV.60823 64 775252 12-Aug-86 1-Dec-86 WANCHO XMODEM-ARCHIV.TXT.1 30 775656 1-Apr-87 6-Apr-87 051332@UOTTAWA.BITNET FTP>dir , FTP>>v FTP>> Size Prot Write Read Writer PS: MODEM7.ARCHIV.50902 193 775252 2-Sep-85 29-Nov-86 WANCHO MODEM7.ARCHIV.60807 194 775252 7-Aug-86 29-Nov-86 WANCHO MODEM7.ARCHIV.60823 64 775252 12-Aug-86 1-Dec-86 WANCHO XMODEM-ARCHIV.TXT.1 30 775656 1-Apr-87 6-Apr-87 051332@UOTTAWA.BITNET FTP>q also, isn't it shortsighted to name the files: MODEM7.ARCHIV.ymmdd rather than MODEM7.ARCHIV.yymm I'd also prefer to see the file with the most recent messages named in a way that would show it first in a directory listing: .00_most-recent seems a first (not totally elegant) option that comes to mind. Cheers, ---Werner PS: of course, no message should be sent without an expression of appreciation to the moderator for his efforts. Anyway, my appreciation dwarves any thoughts of criticism or dissatisfaction. So there !! (-: -------