Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2022 11:23:01 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: size of /var/db/freebsd-update Message-ID: <20220106112301.bf6ece37c5581f250f03517e@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20220106103703.j7v3b36jpltdq4eh@ozzmosis.com> References: <YdNIjQQ08LYWU8TM@ceres.zyxst.net> <20220106103703.j7v3b36jpltdq4eh@ozzmosis.com>
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On Thu, 6 Jan 2022 21:37:03 +1100
andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> wrote:
> > with regards to size.
>
> After a successful update it's safe to delete that directory entirely.
>
> $ sudo rm -rf /var/db/freebsd-update/
>
> The only minor hiccup is freebsd-update will fail now
> that /var/db/freebsd-update/ no longer exists:
So instead just remove the contents viz:
sudo rm -rf /var/db/freebsd-update/*
^
Just don't put a space here.
--
Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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