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- From: cahalan@clouds.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert F. Cahalan)
- Subject: Re: NeXT Edu Sampler CD
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:42:08 GMT
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- In article <1egkgbINN9cn@gap.caltech.edu> madler@cco.caltech.edu (Mark
- Adler) writes:
- >
- > Well, I got mine. It'll take me while to look what all is on it.
- > The documentation with it says that it has all the NeXT modified
- > GNU software, which if true is a pleasant suprise.
- >
- > Mark Adler
- > madler@cco.caltech.edu
-
- There's a lot of fabulous stuff on NeXTs new CD. One of my favorites is
- "DarkForest", in the /Utilities directory. It shows that a program can be
- very useful, and entertaining at the same time. The README file only
- tells you about the useful part. When you run the code, though, there are
- lots of cute surprises. Is this at the archives yet? It ought to be!
- Here's the README:
-
- By: Garth Snyder
- garth_snyder@next.com
- DarkForest allows you to easily view the sizes of entire directory
- structures. You can also delete and compress files and directories from
- within the application, making disk usage reduction painless.
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