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Alexander Skwar wrote: |
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> · Shawn Haggett <podge@××××××××.com>: |
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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. |
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> Nope, tar doesn't have anything to do with this. |
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> [ ... snip Alexander's tar test ... ] |
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> Alexander Skwar |
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I believe it has something to do with portage. For example, if a |
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package being unmerged wants to remove that directory, it will leave |
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it alone if there is a .keep file there. |
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gentux |
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echo "hfouvyyAhnbjm/dpn" | perl -pe 's/(.)/chr(ord($1)-1)/ge' |
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