From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 16 03:35:25 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BFB5106567C for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:35:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from bulwark.hamla.org (bulwark.hamla.org [69.55.228.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6363F8FC24 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:35:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from localhost (bulwark [69.55.228.210]) by bulwark.hamla.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F51E1CCFE; Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:35:25 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV at bulwark.hamla.org Received: from bulwark.hamla.org ([69.55.228.210]) by localhost (bulwark.hamla.org [69.55.228.210]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id JKuZtqDr-6yN; Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:35:15 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:35:11 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon To: Robert Huff Message-ID: <20080616033511.GA5538@shepherd> References: <18517.39618.243382.192127@jerusalem.litteratus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <18517.39618.243382.192127@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: checking against plist X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "sahil@tandon.net" List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:35:25 -0000 Robert Huff wrote: > Once a port is installed, is there any of using the plist (or > aother mechanism) to check whether the files ar still there? > (After, say, a system crash.) You are missing a few words up there, so hard to understand your exact problem/question. You can simply list the contents of the plist and check whether those files still exist following a crash. -- Sahil Tandon