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dman777 Veteran
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:47 pm Post subject: .keep files |
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I have a new Gentoo installation and I am finding .keep files around. They are empty. What are they and why are they there? |
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Genone Retired Dev
Joined: 14 Mar 2003 Posts: 9507 Location: beyond the rim
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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They are used to keep portage from removing certain directories that might otherwise be empty. |
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NeddySeagoon Administrator
Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 54098 Location: 56N 3W
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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Duplicate thread. There's a FAQ entry for it. _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail. |
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NeddySeagoon Administrator
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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Moved from Other Things Gentoo to Duplicate Threads. _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail. |
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