From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 2 3:35:50 2002 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 AD8FD37B401 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 03:35:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from aph2k.internal.aphnet.co.uk (mailgate.aphnet.co.uk [62.49.140.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3411E43EAF for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 03:35:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rob@aphnet.co.uk) Received: from robltop.aphnet.co.uk ([192.168.5.22]) by aph2k.internal.aphnet.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Mon, 2 Dec 2002 11:30:32 +0000 Message-Id: <5.1.1.6.0.20021202113033.021e5ac0@aph2k> X-Sender: rob@aph2k X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.1 Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 11:34:50 +0000 To: FreeBSD Questions From: Rob O'Donnell Subject: Re: Always mystified by this. /stand file sizes In-Reply-To: <20021202112131.GA1102@raggedclown.net> References: <20021202102559.GA778@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <20021202063814.GA580@raggedclown.net> <20021202102559.GA778@HAL9000.homeunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Dec 2002 11:30:32.0703 (UTC) FILETIME=[399780F0:01C299F6] 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 At 12:21 02/12/2002 +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: >On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 02:25:59AM -0800, David Schultz wrote: > > > > See crunchgen(1). > >Oh, that looks interesting :) >I never knew of such a thing, is it a well kept secret or am I not >widely read-enough ? >In point of fact I am slightly puzzled by /stand's existance. It says in >"hier" that it is for stand-alone systems. What exactly is it referring >to ? (Yes I know what stand-alone means ! But what context is this used >in ?) PicoBSD (see the scripts in ports and the freebsd-small mailing list) uses it extensively to fit a subset of commands onto small media (typically a single floppy disc) for use in niche aplications (eg a diskless pc as a router). Rob -- APH Computers Ltd. Tel: 0161-442 2603 Fax: 0161-443 1162 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message