Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 10:53:38 +1000 From: Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net> To: Diomidis Spinellis <dds@aueb.gr> Cc: Tyler Kellen <tyler@statuo.com> Subject: Re: Minimalist FreeBSD 4.8 Message-ID: <nospam-1061945619.46314@gw.gbch.net> In-Reply-To: <3F4BAF61.A2D681B0@aueb.gr> References: <000001c36bef$da8d1260$a700000a@TYBOX> <3F4BAF61.A2D681B0@aueb.gr>
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On 2003-08-26, Diomidis Spinellis wrote: > Tyler Kellen wrote: > > The information I'm looking to aquire is the absolute minimum files > > required to boot FreeBSD 4.8 into multi-user mode. If this involves > > deleting a massive amount of directories and files, or setting up a > > new drive and copying only the needed files, I think I can make it work. > > You can use the system the way you intent to for two weeks, and then run > > find / -atime +2w -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f > > This command will delete all files that have not been accessed within > the last two weeks. And it would also remove things like find and xargs and all the other system binaries -- their atime does not get changed when they are executed. Check your facts before giving this kind of advice. -- Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net> <http://www.gbch.net/gjb.html> GPG signed mail preferred; further information in headers.
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