From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 19 18:39:55 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B78A037B401 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 18:39:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rdu57-17-158.nc.rr.com [66.57.17.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACA5B43E4A for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 18:39:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (shumai.marcuscom.com [192.168.1.4]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0K2chDx084779; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 21:38:43 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Subject: Re: what is mtree command used for From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: barbish@a1poweruser.com Cc: FBSDQ In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-agJIxGTYsY4kuy/Rf8fC" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Message-Id: <1043030382.14743.25.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.1 Date: 19 Jan 2003 21:39:43 -0500 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,IN_REP_TO,NOSPAM_INC,PGP_SIGNATURE_2,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,TO_BE_REMOVED_REPLY version=2.43 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --=-agJIxGTYsY4kuy/Rf8fC Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 21:33, JoeB wrote: > Read man mtree, but it does not describe when or for what purpose=20 > you would use the mtree command. >=20 > Would someone explain when to use the mtree command? The ports system uses mtree to generate a directory skeleton for /usr/local and /usr/X11R6. The main world build uses it to generate a directory skeleton for the OS. Basically, the files in /etc/mtree list the common directories that make up a FreeBSD installation for each of the major components. Joe >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-agJIxGTYsY4kuy/Rf8fC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+K2Fub2iPiv4Uz4cRAhAvAJsHeBpdjGnfUYFVci2IDGl/iwvQAQCcDOlh u1yQkUx31E+fXKMC9SxbtAY= =U9hr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-agJIxGTYsY4kuy/Rf8fC-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message