Keep track of percentages along with the total number of file requests. It would be neat if we also knew the usage of the different archiving, packing, and encoding methods. Have the Index file in all the archive directories contain information regarding that directory and all subdirectories below them. This would keep the mail requests down since a few people have requested the Index file from all the archive directories. 8-( Provide a mechanism so that people can submit things via mail to the archive-server automatically. Document some of these scripts better. Reduce the number of scripts by making greater use of gawk's features. This *should* make this faster. Try to make this a little more portable by removing S5 requirements.