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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Faster finger ?
To: team_fbf@pristine.com.tw (ywliu)
Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 20:47:57 -0700 (MST)
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> I know this is an old topic. But I just want to know if there is anyway
> to boost the speed of finger, except for the directory rearrangement.

Write a caching fingerd, and run it all the time instead of from
inetd.conf, letting it accept its own connections.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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