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Subject: Re: Missing /usr/ports subdirectories 
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Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 10:23:35 -0700
From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
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> HI !!!
> 
> 	I noticed that I don't have the /usr/ports subdirectories. I have 
> read from a lot of e-mails that in there are contained the ports 
> collection. I installed the 2.2-960501-SNAP distribution and I guess it 
> was not there. Is there a way I could get the ports collection with 
> manually FTP-ing each and every subdirs in the download site?

Yes, just download the port(s) you want.  You don't need the whole collection. 
 Use the tar.gz feature of wu-ftpd to bundle up the directory for you.  

For example, say I want to pull the top port.  I ftp to 'ftp.freebsd.org', cd 
/pub/FreeBSD/ports/sysutils, and get 'top.tar.gz'.  I will end up with an 
archive.  I logout and tar xzf top.tar.gz.  Viola, I have the port.  Now cd to 
top and make.  THat's it.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major