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Date:      Sat, 6 Mar 2004 17:19:22 -0800
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        "Shaun T. Erickson" <ste@ste-land.com>
Subject:   Re: 'pkg_delete port' vs 'cd /usr/ports/port;make deinstall'
Message-ID:  <200403061719.22608.kstewart@owt.com>
In-Reply-To: <404A5BB5.7070908@ste-land.com>
References:  <404A5BB5.7070908@ste-land.com>

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On Saturday 06 March 2004 03:16 pm, Shaun T. Erickson wrote:
> 'pkg_delete port' vs 'cd /usr/ports/port;make deinstall'
>
> What's the difference between these?
>

You can do a wild card delete using something like 
pkg_delete 'port*'
and not have to use the full version number. You can do this in fewer 
steps than learning the path to the port and cd'ing in. Once you have 
used either method, I don't think you can tell how you did it :).

Kent

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Kent Stewart
Richland, WA

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