From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 18 9: 3:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA32515477 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 09:03:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 12:03:11 -0500 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105D90@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: 'Jonathon McKitrick' Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: "whiteouts" in rm manpage Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 12:06:38 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Check through the mailing list archives on this. It's been discussed before. But, if I remember correctly, it is true. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathon McKitrick [SMTP:jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org] > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 11:55 AM > To: Dann Lunsford > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: "whiteouts" in rm manpage > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message