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From: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu>
To: "Janky Jay, III" <jankyj@unfs.us>
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Subject: Re: Problem with old files in freebsd-update/files
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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.

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