Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 08:59:33 +0200 From: Lonewolf <lonewolf@apotheosis.za.org> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/ports/distfiles/ cleanup. Message-ID: <19981218085933.A1514@apotheosis.za.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812172002220.20299-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>; from "Jason C. Wells" on Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 08:06:33PM References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812172011000.5241-100000@ogurok.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812172002220.20299-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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> On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Oleg Ogurok wrote: > >Is there any command to clean up this directory? I've been doing this > >manually all the time. On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 08:06:33PM -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote: > rm -R /usr/ports/distfiles > > It doesn't get any less manual than that without cron. :) > > You could write a script that reads /var/db/pkg and then searches for > files for distfiles _not_ in /var/db/pkg and removes them from > /usr/ports/distfiles. You might do this is if you want only to delete out > of date distfiles. If you're willing to use an X application, take a look at The Ports Index Browser (sysutils/pib). It might be what you want. --lonewolf@apotheosis.za.org http://apotheosis.za.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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