Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 06:20:46 -0800 From: Dann Lunsford <dann@greycat.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: "whiteouts" in rm manpage Message-ID: <19991118062046.A9496@greycat.com>
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Was looking at the "rm" manpage, noticed something that had escaped
my attention: the -W option.
-W Attempt to undelete the named files. Currently, this option
can only be used to recover files covered by whiteouts.
WHITEOUTS??? What is this? Never heard of it before and can't
find any other refs (doesn't mean there aren't any, of course).
After the "pencil mark on the card to enable something" in the
ep(4) page, I'm a little, umm, *reluctant* to dismiss this as
a joke :-). 3.3-STABLE, last built about a week ago.
Thanks!
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Dann Lunsford The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil
dann@greycat.com is that men of good will do nothing. -- Cicero
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