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From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein)
Subject: Re: files in /usr/ports/distfiles
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Andile Mbatyoti (ccam@kudu.ru.ac.za) wrote:
: I am looking for contents of the directory /usr/ports/distfiles as this
: directory does not exit in my system.

As you install programs from the Ports Collection,files are loaded into
that directory by FTP.