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Organization:	International Brownian Movement
From:	"-= ArkanoiD =-" <ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru>
Date:	Fri, 2 May 97 14:11:15 +0300
Subject:	Re: A few FS notions
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nuqneH,

>         1) The dir command doesn't give the total bytes allocated
>            in a directory and doesn't recurse

Get GNU du and ls.

>
>         2) The EDIT program is very slow [on my 386] and doesn't let
>            me highlight from the keyboard. How about a nice, simple
>            text-mode based editor instead of a Windows GUI
>            imitation without the power of the Windows GUI.

I don't think it is important. There are hundreds of PD editors.
Get GNU vi at least.

>
>         3) There is no QBASIC

And it's ok. QBASIC is a useless thing. GWBASIC was a good replacement for a
programmable calculator but QBASIC has no use at all.

>
>         4) There is no 'deltree'

Get GNU rm.

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