From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 9 14:04:25 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9874837B401 for ; Wed, 9 Jul 2003 14:04:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lerami.lerctr.org (lerami.lerctr.org [207.158.72.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4AEA43FA3 for ; Wed, 9 Jul 2003 14:04:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Received: from lerlaptop-red.iadfw.net (lerlaptop-red.iadfw.net [207.136.3.72]) (authenticated bits=0)h69L4Lag017697; Wed, 9 Jul 2003 16:04:21 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 16:04:21 -0500 From: Larry Rosenman To: Dick Hoogendijk , freebsd-questions Message-ID: <96100000.1057784661@lerlaptop-red.iadfw.net> In-Reply-To: <20030709210220.GA422@pooh.nagual.st> References: <20030709210220.GA422@pooh.nagual.st> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.1.0b3 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) Subject: Re: restoresymtable X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 21:04:25 -0000 --On Wednesday, July 09, 2003 23:02:20 +0200 Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > Inspecting the /usr directory I came across a >10MB file called > "restoresymtable" > > Anybody got some idea where this came from? > Can I safely delete it? > How could it be created in the first place? it's from restore (as in dump/restore). It's used by that process. I **BELIEVE** it is safe to kill it after the restore. -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749