Portsnap files?

[Gabor Tjong A Hung]

If for some reason you have not enough space in /var, you can just create a
symlink or set the path in /etc/portsnap.conf(/usr/local/etc/portsnap.conf
if it's the one from ports).

On 6/10/07, Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net> wrote:
>
> 哺 2007-06-10耒��19:03 +0200▏Ivan Voras厚��│
> > Hi
> >
> > Are files in /var/db/portsnap/files important after "portsnap update"
> > has been run, or can they be deleted, from example within a cron job?
>
> They are important for your next "portsnap fetch" run, which means that
> next run would download only a small set of files, thus save a lot of
> time and bandwidth.  However if you do not want to run portsnap anymore,
> you can safely remove the directory.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>    http://www.delphij.net/
> FreeBSD - The Power to Serve!
>
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