Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:41:50 -0800 From: Graham North <northg@shaw.ca> To: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> Cc: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to clear userland? Message-ID: <442AB8CE.6050303@shaw.ca> In-Reply-To: <442A446F.4040707@locolomo.org> References: <442A1692.3040805@shaw.ca> <d7195cff0603282249t793f8529r315cdffecb6324a1@mail.gmail.com> <442A38DB.4070004@locolomo.org> <442A41D8.1020001@shaw.ca> <442A446F.4040707@locolomo.org>
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--Boundary_(ID_FEW2FbgJtg96Xa/WgywPAw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi Erik - thank you again. I will explore. Cheers, Graham/ Erik Norgaard wrote: > Graham North wrote: > >> mtree eh? I had to man that one... and I will obviously have to >> read it again - properly. Any chance of asking for a bit of >> perspective on the command from you? If not, no big deal I will do >> a bit some background reading. > > > you do something like this to rebuild the directory structure of > /usr/local: > > mtree -U -f /etc/mtree/bsd.local.dist -p /usr > > Two things to note: I'm on 6.0, you may have a different -f argument. > I don't if the -p argument should be /usr/local, I don't think so. > Anyway, you can test and see what happens using -p /tmp that should > create something in /tmp that you can then just delete. > > I know on 6.x that mtree is run on 'make installworld' to update the > directory base tree, but I'm not sure if it is run for /usr/local and > /usr/X11R6 since these are not part of base. For 4.x I don't remember. > > Cheers, Erik -- Kindness can be infectious - try it. Graham North Vancouver, BC www.soleado.ca --Boundary_(ID_FEW2FbgJtg96Xa/WgywPAw) Content-type: text/plain; x-avg=cert; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Content-description: "AVG certification" No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.3/296 - Release Date: 3/29/2006 --Boundary_(ID_FEW2FbgJtg96Xa/WgywPAw)--
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