On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:37:58 -0800 Gary Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Guys, > > Can anybody suggest ascript means to rm -i a whole slew of > packages I am collection in /usr/ports/packages/All/? > > On some of my i686's I have collected as many as three versions > of some *tbz files. Other than doing this by-hand on four > boxens, I'd have automate. pkgdb -F will ask if the user wants > to delete (the earlier) of two packages with an [n]. I'd rather > not reinvent the wheel. > > (I *thought* I was nearly finished updating this machine; > suddenty I've got 50 new ones!! ) > > tia, > > gary > > > > -- > Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public Service Unix > out of curiosity, whats stopping from 'rm -rf /usr/ports/*' , and pulling down a whole new ports tree? otherwise, check into 'portsclean -C' and 'portsclean -D'. the -D should do the trick for you, but the -C might also be of use to you too. cheers, jonahtan _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
