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Date:      Sun, 30 Aug 2015 20:59:44 +0100
From:      Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /etc files
Message-ID:  <55E360B0.4070703@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <55E32375.9060804@hiwaay.net>
References:  <55E32375.9060804@hiwaay.net>

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On 30/08/2015 16:36, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
> I notice several files in my /etc directory whose filenames end in ':'.=

> Are these system files ? If not, can I usefully delete them :-) ? TIA &=

> have aq nice weekend.

What files are those?  What do they contain? I have none with that
naming pattern on my system:

lucid-nonsense:/home/matthew:# find /etc -name '*:'
lucid-nonsense:/home/matthew:#

Doesn't mean they aren't valid, but they don't sound like typical files
you'ld find under /etc to me.




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