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From: Leon von Stauber <leonvs@pswtech.com>
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Subject: Re: ftp gurus needed
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Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 08:54:46 -0500
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Curt Finch 4138005 wrote:
> i heard about a system at one point that uses ftp to mirror
> an fs locally.  that would give you what you want, maybe.  it
> was slow because every cd or cat would result in an ftp operation.
> i don't remember the name of the fs

You may be referring to Alex.

(Followups trimmed.)

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