Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 14:23:37 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: terry@lambert.org, gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What's the deal with cc? Message-ID: <199704222123.OAA27401@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199704221713.CAA16591@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Apr 23, 97 02:43:42 am
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> > Next question: how do I pull down /usr/src/gnu without pulling > > down all of the !$%#! useless Attic files? That's 30M of useless > > crap, given the code duplication. > > Try a refuse file in src-gnu with a pattern like > > *Attic* > > in it. See the cvsup manpage section on refuse files. Well, the man page is not bvery useful, but I set the refuse pattern and it worked (mostly). You apparently *must* use a wildcard in the pattern (real pain). There are still some Attic files it graps, though... Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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