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Daniel P. Valentine <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
Other License: 
Package: combine: File Matching and Filtering
System name: combine
Type: GNU

Description:
This is a project to produce utilities to work with files much as a database 
works with its internal structures.  The engine is combine (as in the havesting 
machine, but also nicely similar to join), which is the only portion written so 
far.  It uses hash tables to join 0, 1, or many files to an incoming file or 
data stream.  Additional features allow for hierarchy traversal, date 
comparison (adapted from the Emacs calendar functions), and extensions through 
Guile.  The current version can be found at 
http://www.theWorld.com/~dpv/index.html  My current employer (The Gillette 
Company) has approved its release (I wrote it on my own time).  There are 
similarities in function to a program I contributed to in FORTRAN for a former 
employer (which I had left more than 4 years before writing this version), and 
I am confident that there is nothing here subject either to copyright or 
confidentiality concerns.  Future direction for the project may include the 
addition of indexing, special treatment of sorted files, adaptation of the new 
Guile API, and auxiliary programs to increase ease of use.

Other Software Required:
Guile (libguile)

Other Comments:
I have submitted a description to the Free Software Directory.


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