Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:59:59 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: ajtiM <lumiwa@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dot snap folder Message-ID: <20120116125959.9ac522cc.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <201201160532.12066.lumiwa@gmail.com> References: <4F1363E4.2090104@paz.bz> <20120116064639.ef2dba63.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120116055451.GG51930@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <201201160532.12066.lumiwa@gmail.com>
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On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:32:11 -0600, ajtiM wrote: > On Sunday 15 January 2012 23:54:52 Chip Camden wrote: > > Quoth Polytropon on Monday, 16 January 2012: > > > On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:40:20 -0800, Jim Pazarena wrote: > > > > Is it permissible to delete the dot snap folder which is created > > > > in a filesystem? > > > > > > First of all, it's called a directory, not a "folder". :-) > > > > After all, it doesn't fold (for that you need a little Haskell or OCaml). > > ...and the answer if is it permissible to delete .snap directory is?? Thank > you. The answer has been provided two times, none of them is quoted above or below. :-) I may repeat: It is permissible _unless_ you are running the dump program on a live partition using the -L option. As the question has been answered, it's fully valid to suggest the use of the proper timmy, erm terminology, with colon-minus-close-paren appended. :-) > There is also .config directory which is made by QT or something of KDE 4 > which is possible to delete but it is recreated each time after kde 4 started. It seems to be permissible, as its absence doesn't seem to have any significant effect. As it has been explained in the quote from "man dump" regarding the -L option (again, not quoted here), in case .snap/ is required, it will be created. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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