Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 12:20:46 +0100 From: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> To: "Janky Jay, III" <jankyj@unfs.us> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with old files in freebsd-update/files Message-ID: <20180228112046.GV32429@home.opsec.eu> In-Reply-To: <460fb9bb-bc39-a9dd-18f9-dd7e4b28cac1@unfs.us> References: <alpine.BSF.2.21.1802280641350.20297@aneurin.horsfall.org> <20180227203132.GU32429@home.opsec.eu> <460fb9bb-bc39-a9dd-18f9-dd7e4b28cac1@unfs.us>
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Hi! > > And if I want to clean them up, I do: > > > > cd /var/db > > mv freebsd-update fbsd-up-old > > mkdir freebsd-update > > chmod 700 freebsd-update > > rm -rf fbsd-up-old > > Out of curiosity, why not just: > > ~ # rm -rf /var/db/freebsd-update/* > > Is there a reason you're moving the directory and creating a new, empty > one? Sometimes, depending on the storage media below, it takes time to remove the old directory. So it's faster that way and both the removal and the -update can be done in parallel. -- pi@opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 2 years to go !
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