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From: page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: B.A.D. (was Squeeze for Amiga (was: Re:Unix))
Message-ID: <5096@swan.ulowell.edu>
Date: 25 Feb 88 17:24:57 GMT
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Reply-To: page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page)
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jdm@gryphon.CTS.COM (John Mesiavech) wrote:
>BAD rearranges the directory and bitmap blocks of a disk, to make
>AmigaDOS access of directories and files an order of 3-5x faster.

It is a de-fragmenter.  It lines up the files in such a way that
you don't have seek as far for them.  A nice hack, if only temporary.

>every so often a treated disk must be re-treated, as AmigaDOS deletes
>and copies files onto the disk, spoiling the original neat layout.

You could always write-protect the disk. ;-)

..Bob
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Bob Page, U of Lowell CS Dept.  page@swan.ulowell.edu  ulowell!page
"I don't know such stuff.  I just do eyes."  -- from 'Blade Runner'