From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 4 12:17:08 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AED4C1065672 for ; Mon, 4 Oct 2010 12:17:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.user@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 607A28FC18 for ; Mon, 4 Oct 2010 12:17:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk8 with SMTP id 8so2105510gxk.13 for ; Mon, 04 Oct 2010 05:17:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.101.149.20 with SMTP id b20mr5568878ano.159.1286194626504; Mon, 04 Oct 2010 05:17:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-071-077-039-064.nc.res.rr.com [71.77.39.64]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w1sm9393832ana.16.2010.10.04.05.17.04 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 04 Oct 2010 05:17:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (zeus [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: FreeBSD.user@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4849BE54835 for ; Mon, 4 Oct 2010 08:17:03 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 08:17:02 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20101004081702.7197fc57@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20101004132418.68727b62.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4CA9A5F4.6020108@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20101004132418.68727b62.freebsd@edvax.de> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Cleaning /var/db/portsnap/files/, how? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:17:08 -0000 On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 13:24:18 +0200 Polytropon articulated: > On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:01:24 +0200, "O. Hartmann" > wrote: > > On several FreeBSD boxes "performing portsnap fetch" updating the > > ports on a regular basis, folder /var/db/portsnap/files/ gets > > filled over time. > > Sorry for not answering your question, but allow me a little > sidenote regarding the proper terminology. > > FreeBSD, as every UNIX OS, has *directories*, not "folders". > You do also use the name "files", not "sheets of paper", > don't you? You say po-tah-toes, he says po-tay-toes, who cares? Were you completely baffled by what he was trying to convey? At the very least, you could have attempted to answer his question before giving him a lecture that served no purpose other than to belittle the OP. By the way, in Linux and other Unix-like operating system, everything on the system is treated as being a file, and a directory is thus considered to be just a special type of file that contains a list of file names and the corresponding inodes for each file and directory that it appears to contain. An inode is a data structure on a filesystem that stores all the information about a file except its name and its actual data. Therefore, strictly speaking, he could have just referenced "file" instead. The term folder is used as a synonym for directory on the Microsoft Windows and Macintosh operating systems. -- Jerry ✌ FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________