Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 16:55:02 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Dann Lunsford <dann@greycat.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "whiteouts" in rm manpage Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911181654130.2413-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <19991118062046.A9496@greycat.com>
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I read the man page on ep, and i saw the remark on the pencil mark. Is that for real? Or *is* it a joke? On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Dann Lunsford wrote: >Was looking at the "rm" manpage, noticed something that had escaped >my attention: the -W option. > > -W Attempt to undelete the named files. Currently, this option > can only be used to recover files covered by whiteouts. > >WHITEOUTS??? What is this? Never heard of it before and can't >find any other refs (doesn't mean there aren't any, of course). >After the "pencil mark on the card to enable something" in the >ep(4) page, I'm a little, umm, *reluctant* to dismiss this as >a joke :-). 3.3-STABLE, last built about a week ago. > >Thanks! > >-- >Dann Lunsford The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil >dann@greycat.com is that men of good will do nothing. -- Cicero > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Good day, eh? -jm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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