Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:44:32 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: auto-removal of earlier package?? Message-ID: <20070325204432.GB67757@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20070325072534.2c80d205@localhost> References: <20070325003758.GA812@thought.org> <20070325072534.2c80d205@localhost>
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On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 07:25:34AM -0400, Gerard Seibert wrote: > On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:37:58 -0800 > Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> wrote: > > > Can anybody suggest ascript means to rm -i a whole slew of > > packages I am collection in /usr/ports/packages/All/? > > Maybe I am misreading this; however, why not just use: > > rm -ri /usr/ports/packages/ALL/* > > You might also try: > > portsclean -C -D -L -PP > > While you are at it, clean out the 'ports/distfiles' directory too. > > rm -ri /usr/ports/distfiles/* > Yeah, I do clean out thw distfiles every so often. I am looking to maintain only the latest packages, mostly custom-built with gcc-4.2 in most cases. As for rm -i, well, I ain't that brave:-) gary > Ciao > > > > -- > Gerard > > A friend in need is a pest indeed. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix
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