Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:14:58 +0100 From: "Colin J. Raven" <colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> To: Fafa Diliha Romanova <fteg@london.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make world: HOW CLEAN IS IT? Message-ID: <20050212131101.K94542@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> In-Reply-To: <20050212115006.703D94BDAA@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> References: <20050212115006.703D94BDAA@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com>
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On Feb 12 at 06:50, Fafa Diliha Romanova launched this into the bitstream: > when i rebuild my system to stay up to date, > does it leave behind many obsolete files to clog up > my pure system? > > i am *VERY* conscious on cleanliness; > > does freebsd keep track of absolutely EVERY file > it creates? > > also, do you guys have any tips/tricks on how to do > system cleanup chores? like scripts, commands etc.? > A resource you may find to be helpful is: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/13 Look for several articles on ports. There are - IIRC - three articles there which demystify the ports collection as well as some really great tips 'n tricks. Also the FreeBSD handbook is helpful when read *in conjunction* with the OnLamp articles: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html Regards & HTH, -Colin -- Colin J. Raven FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE - http://www.FreeBSD.org - There can be only One Sat Feb 12 13:14:00 CET 2005 1:14PM up 18:29, 6 users, load averages: 0.87, 0.98, 0.88
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