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FUR is a very general file utility routine. The systems staff
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regularly uses it instead of PIP for file copying, deletion, and
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renaming. Its advantages in these roles stem from the fact that
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it is faster than the normal commands which invoke both COMPIL and
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PIP, and also from the standpoint that standard defaults from
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SWITCH.INI can be called in.
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Using /ERSUPERSEDE as a default in SWITCH.INI enables you to use
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COPY commands freely without having to worry about accidentally
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overwriting an existing file. The DECIDE option is quite useful
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during file copying and deletion to make sure the right files are
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involved. Of course, the encryption feature is used for private
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files quite a bit.
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At NIH we use FUR for file-structure to file-structure
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copies. These copies clean up the file structure by eliminating
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fragmentation and recovering lost blocks. FUR understands how to
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create directories properly and makes sure that SFDs are created
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before the files that need to go into them are placed there.
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The high performance of FUR is due to the dump mode I/O commands
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that actually implement the data movement.
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To create a new version of FUR, load it with its own SCN7BF, WILD 7A or 7B,
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HELPER, and ENDECR (find these last two from BACKUP generations).
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I hope that you are happy with FUR and report any problems you
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may find with it.
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