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Subject: Re: /usr/local empty after upgrade
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Mike Barnard <mike.barnardq@gmail.com> writes:

>> mtree -p /usr/local < /etc/mtree/BSD.local.dist
>>>
>>>
>> This is the command I have been looking for....
>>
>
> hmmm... this give me no joy... mtree complains about the paths all missing,
> but does not create them. I can create files and directories in /usr/local
> manually.

Looking at the manual for mtree(8), it looks like I missed the "-U" option.