diff --git a/waste/GNUmakefile b/waste/GNUmakefile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/waste/GNUmakefile
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+include GNUmakerules
+
+all: waste
+
+errno:
+clean:
+	rm waste
+install: $(BINDIR)/waste
diff --git a/waste/waste b/waste/waste
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+++ b/waste/waste
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+#!/usr/local/bin/perl
+
+#
+# Report wasted space.
+#
+# This basically prints a list of files and directories below a 
+# start point, where each entry is tagged with a "waste factor".
+# The waste factor is a weighted sum of size, mtime and atime 
+# of the file.
+#
+
+sub wastefactor {
+    my ($size, $mtime, $atime) = @_;
+
+    return $size * $sf * ($mtime * $mf + $atime * $af);
+}
+
+
+sub waste {
+    my ($dir) = @_;
+    my $i;
+    my @files;
+    my ($mtime, $atime, $size);
+    my ($tmtime, $tatime, $tsize) = (0, 0, 0);
+
+    if (!opendir(DIR, $dir)) {
+	printf "$0: cannot open directory $dir: $!\n";
+	return;
+    }
+    @files = readdir(DIR);
+    closedir(DIR);
+    foreach $i (@files) {
+	if ($i eq "." || $i eq "..") { next }
+
+	$filename = $dir . "/" . $i;
+	($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid,$rdev,$size,
+	 $atime,$mtime,$ctime,$blksize,$blocks) =
+		stat($filename); 
+
+	if (-d _) {
+	    ($size, $mtime, $atime) = waste($filename);
+	} else {
+	    printf "%10.0f %d %d %d %s\n",
+	           wastefactor(
+	           $size, ($now - $mtime), ($now - $atime)),
+	           $size, ($now - $mtime), ($now - $atime),
+		   $filename;
+	}
+	$tsize += $size;
+	if ($mtime > $tmtime) {$tmtime = $mtime;}
+	if ($atime > $tatime) {$tatime = $atime;}
+    }
+    printf "%10.0f %d %d %d %s\n",
+	    wastefactor(
+	    $tsize, ($now - $tmtime), ($now - $tatime)),
+	    $tsize, ($now - $tmtime), ($now - $tatime),
+	    $dir;
+   return ($tsize, $tmtime, $tatime);
+}
+
+### --- main --- ###
+$sf = 1.0/1000;
+$mf = $af = 1.0/(3600*24*365.25);
+
+if ($#ARGV != 0) {
+    print "Usage: $0 directoryname\n";
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+$now = time();
+
+waste($ARGV[0]);
+exit(0);