Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 12:09:44 -0400 From: "Christopher J Michaels" <cjm2@earthling.net> To: "John" <papalia@UDel.Edu> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Cleaning up /usr/ports/distfiles? Message-ID: <001501befc70$10399b20$0200000a@weeble.dyndns.org> References: <4.1.19990910122255.0093cab0@unix01.voicenet.com>
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John Thanks for the suggestion, but the point was to only delete the ones I don't need, as I do not have a fast internet connection. I'm going to try the pib suggestion that steve price gave me. Thanks anyway, -Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: John <papalia@UDel.Edu> To: Christopher J Michaels <cjm2@earthling.net> Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 12:23 PM Subject: Re: Cleaning up /usr/ports/distfiles? > If you have a fast internet connection, after your install, the tarballs > aren't that important to keep around (since you can just d/l them again). > Just rm /usr/ports/distfiles * should do if ro ya? > > --John > > At 12:06 AM 9/10/99 -0400, you wrote: > >Hi, > >Does anyone know if there is a way to clean up the old tar balls in > >/usr/ports/distfiles. I could do it manually if I was bored enough. For > >example I know I have at least 4 versions of samba in there right now. > > > >I don't want to go through and do it manually if I don't have to. > > > >-Chris > > > > > > > >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
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