mtree spec

[Fbsd8]

Robert Bonomi wrote:
>> From owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org  Tue Jan  8 07:35:39 2013
>> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:32:17 -0500
>> From: Fbsd8 <fbsd8 at a1poweruser.com>
>> To: FreeBSD questions <questions at freebsd.org>
>> Subject: mtree spec
>>
>> I have this mtree specification file
>>
>> /set type=dir uname=root gname=wheel
>> .
>> etc
>> ..
>> root
>> ..
>> usr
>> local
>> etc
>> ..
>> ..
>> ..
>> ..
>>
>> But I want to have it behave a little differently.
>> What I am after is etc has to be present and any sub-directories off of 
>> etc is not a error. Same thing for for root and usr/local/etc
>>
> 
> The answers to those issues are found in 'man mtree'.
> 
> IOW, RTFM applies.
> 
>

What you think I got this far without reading the manual.
If I had greater understanding what the manual was saying
I would not be asking for help.