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- From: brecher@husc8.harvard.edu (Jonathan Brecher)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Sumex is in need of a restucturing
- Message-ID: <BRECHER.93Jan2023201@husc8.harvard.edu>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 10:32:01 GMT
- Article-I.D.: husc8.BRECHER.93Jan2023201
- References: <1992Dec31.174208.25214@nmsu.edu> <BRECHER.92Dec31192928@husc8.harvard.edu><1993Jan2.030645.17703@msc.cornell.edu>
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- In-reply-to: maynard@leah.msc.cornell.edu's message of 2 Jan 93 03:06:45 GMT
-
- maynard@leah.msc.cornell.edu (Maynard J. Handley) writes:
-
- >There is, however, one major advantage to the sumex structure that the
- >mac.archive structure does not have. BECAUSE sumex is mainly one-level
- >directories, one can ftp there, type 'ls -lrt' and immediately see where to
- >look for new stuff. This is complely impractical with mac.archive. You have
- >to download the new additions file then step through it file by file,
- >continually cd'ing up three layers and down another three.
- >
- >If the archives ran on decent computers that could be configured to reflect
- >changes in subdirectory contents in the date published by 'ls -ltr' I would
- >be willing to live with a many-layer system, but given the way things now
- >work, I avoid mac.archive if I possibly can do so.
-
- By your own argument, you should use mac.archive exclusively and avoid sumex
- whenever possible. At mac.archive we maintain a directory /mac/00newfiles/NEW
- that has links to ALL files added in the last month. At sumex even after you
- type 'ls -lrt' you still have to go directory hopping. At mac.archive, all
- newly-added files are accessible from the one directory. The new additions
- file (/mac/00help/newfiles.txt) is there if you want it; there are people who
- do.
-
- On a not-unrelated note, if you're ftp'ing from a UNIX machine and you don't
- have a .netrc file, you might want to make yourself one. It's detailed in the
- man page for ftp, or write me and I'll mail you my very minimal version.
- Your system may not support .netrc files, standard disclaimers apply, etc.
-
- We aim to please, and we are always receptive to coments. The archivists
- are always available at comments@mac.archive.umich.edu.
-
- jonathan brecher
- brecher@husc.harvard.edu
- assistant mac.archivist
-