Date: Sun, 24 Aug 97 20:42:04 -0700 From: "Studded" <Studded@dal.net> To: "Doug White" <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> Cc: "Free BSD Questions list" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.com> Subject: Re: Any reason not to remove /usr/obj/* ? Message-ID: <199708250337.UAA15103@merchant.tns.net>
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On Sun, 24 Aug 1997 18:58:06 -0700 (PDT), Doug White wrote: >On Sun, 24 Aug 1997, Stan Brown wrote: > >> I'm geetting a ltlle tight on disk space, and I noticed a directory >> called /usr/obj go by while making my backup. >> >> Other than the posibilty of not having enough room left to do a make >> world, is there any reason not to remove the contents of this >> directory? > >If you're not doing any 'make world's, then /usr/obj is destroyable. Yanno.. this is one of those things I've never been clear on. Can you explain to a non-programmer the function of /usr/obj, and why one would want to keep it if one *were* planning to make the world again? I've seen "rm -r /usr/obj/*" as a solution to so many make world problems, that on those few occasions when I do make the world, I routinely delete everything in /usr/obj because I can't afford for the system to harf in the middle of the build (I'm 600 miles away). What would keeping /usr/obj around do for me, how can I be "safe" if I do keep it around, and what should be the deciding factor(s)? I checked the upgrade tutorial, and didn't find anything about /usr/obj. Thanks, Doug Do thou amend they face, and I'll amend my life. -Shakespeare, "Henry V"
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