Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 13:22:58 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: mmercer@ipass.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: removing a.out executables found in /usr/sbin? Message-ID: <19990402132258.V413@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <370436AD.B1FDDFBD@ipass.net>; from Michael E. Mercer on Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 10:17:01PM -0500 References: <370436AD.B1FDDFBD@ipass.net>
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On Thursday, 1 April 1999 at 22:17:01 -0500, Michael E. Mercer wrote: > Hello all, > > I have found a few executables in /usr/sbin that are > a.out format...(at least that is what the command 'file' is telling > me) > > Is it feasible to delete these files with no impact??? That depends on whether you want to use them or not :-) > I would assume a 'make world' recompiled everything it needed > in ELF format, therefore any a.out format files would not be > needed?!?!?! I don't think they're from FreeBSD. If so, they would have been overwritten by new versions. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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