In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dirk Engling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : Rick C. Petty wrote: : > On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 07:19:06PM -0300, Mario Lobo wrote: : >> My /usr/ports directory was occuping 24 gigs, of which 20 was just from the : >> 'work' directories ! : >> : >> Removing them one by one was a pain so I wrote this little utility to wipe : >> them off. : > : > I find that the following command works just fine for me: : > : > find /usr/ports -type d -name work -prune -print -delete : : And EVEN cooler is having a : : WRKDIRPREFIX= /var/ports : : in your /etc/make.conf, that way an "rm -rf /var/ports/*" cleans without : unnecessary directory recursion.
I just discovered this in my quest to see how hard it would be to get ports cross building as part of some other work I've been doing... Warner _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"