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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!van-bc!uniserve!usenet From: tom@uniserve.com (Tom Samplonius) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Newbie question about the /stand directory Date: 22 Feb 1996 21:08:27 GMT Organization: UNIServe Online Lines: 21 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4gim0b$307@atlas.uniserve.com> References: <4gg14i$ggk@news1.cle.ab.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tapehost.uniserve.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 In article <4gg14i$ggk@news1.cle.ab.com>, bruce.halco@ab.com says... > >Why does the /stand directory take up so much space? It's using > > 50MB on my system for a bunch of files with large and unusual >sizes (802816 and 456940 bytes), almost all of which exist elsewhere >in a smaller file. I can't find any info in the FreeBSD Handbook, the >FAQ, or the archives. In fact, the *only* mention I've found was in >"Unix System Administration Handbook", which simply states that /stand >contains standalone programs. (Gee, thanks.) > >I'd like to delete everything except -sh, boot_crunch, ee, power.gif, >root_crunch, sysinstall, and the subdirectories. Will I be shooting >a giant hole in my foot if I do this? 50 meg? No, only 1800k on 2.1. Notice the link count on these files, and use "du" to calculate disk usage, as whatever you are using is not accurate. Tom