Re: cleanup of /usr/local

2002-05-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Why not just remove files and not dirs? find /usr/local -type f -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f manoj -- There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1024R/C7261095 print CB

Re: cleanup of /usr/local

2002-05-02 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Vincent" == Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Vincent> On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 15:10:59 -0400, Nick Guerrera Vincent> wrote: >> I would like to clean (i.e. "rm -fr") my /usr/local >> directory. However, several packages (emacs, python, tex, etc.) >> create useful

Re: cleanup of /usr/local

2002-05-02 Thread John Hasler
dman write: > They [packages] aren't allowed to [use /usr/local]. They are allowed to create directories, but not files. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: cleanup of /usr/local

2002-05-02 Thread dman
On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 09:25:27PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: | On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 15:10:59 -0400, Nick Guerrera wrote: | > I would like to clean (i.e. "rm -fr") my /usr/local directory. However, | > several packages (emacs, python, tex, etc.) create useful empty | > directories in /usr/loc

Re: cleanup of /usr/local

2002-05-02 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 15:10:59 -0400, Nick Guerrera wrote: > I would like to clean (i.e. "rm -fr") my /usr/local directory. However, > several packages (emacs, python, tex, etc.) create useful empty > directories in /usr/local. I thought that packages shouldn't use /usr/local. -- Vincent Lefè

Re: cleanup of /usr/local

2002-05-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 02-May-2002 Nick Guerrera wrote: > I would like to clean (i.e. "rm -fr") my /usr/local directory. However, > several packages (emacs, python, tex, etc.) create useful empty > directories in /usr/local. > > Is there a way to restore these directories after deleting everything in > /usr/local?

cleanup of /usr/local

2002-05-02 Thread Nick Guerrera
I would like to clean (i.e. "rm -fr") my /usr/local directory. However, several packages (emacs, python, tex, etc.) create useful empty directories in /usr/local. Is there a way to restore these directories after deleting everything in /usr/local? (By the way, I am running Woody.) Thanks, Nick