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Philip Webb wrote: |
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> 060821 Shaochun Wang wrote: |
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>> Does anyone know the function of .keep file in a directory? |
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> It prevents the dir from being deleted by a script, |
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> eg esp during a package update. |
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I believe it is to do with how tar handles directories. If there are no |
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files in a dir, tar won't include the dir in the archive. So to ensure |
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packages create dirs that will be needed by that package (i.e. an empty |
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data directory, or empty log directory or some such) there is a .keep |
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file placed in that directory. This will cause tar to create the |
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directory when the archive is unpacked. |
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Shawn |
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