Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 07:57:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Brion Moss <brion@queeg.com> To: James Raynard <fdocs@jraynard.demon.co.uk> Cc: Christopher Allen <gmfangs@asmrb.org>, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re:Problem based on Handbook answer Message-ID: <199710221457.HAA04280@coven.queeg.com> In-Reply-To: <19971021221825.19739@jraynard.demon.co.uk> References: <v03110716b07072d9aada@lr8e1-port1.zocalo.net> <199710201527.IAA26236@coven.queeg.com> <v03110700b07146bbe92c@lr8e1-port6.zocalo.net> <19971021221825.19739@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
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James Raynard writes: > > >Or, you could write a script that looks like this: > > > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > # Fetch the new ports into /tmp > > > cd /tmp > > > fetch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/ports.tar.gz > > > > My understanding was that if I did this it would also grab all the contents > > of the ports/distfiles/ directory as well > > Correct. It may well fill up your root partition as well :-) No, you won't grab the contents of ports/distfiles, because the distfiles directory is not under that directory: wcarchive.cdrom.com:/.25/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/ports ncftp>ls .cvsignore cad/ german/ net/ templates/ INDEX chinese/ graphics/ news/ textproc/ LEGAL comms/ japanese/ pkg/ vietnamese/ Makefile converters/ korean/ plan9/ www/ README databases/ lang/ print/ x11/ archivers/ devel/ mail/ russian/ astro/ editors/ math/ security/ audio/ emulators/ mbone/ shells/ benchmarks/ games/ misc/ sysutils/ The only place on ftp.freebsd.org where I see a distfiles directory is directly under /pub/FreeBSD. You're perfectly safe grabbing the entire ports tree from /pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current. -Brion
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