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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:25:55 +0100
From: Ethan Grammatikidis <eekee57@fastmail.fm>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] dcp - a deep copy script, better than dircp
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On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:50:08 -0400
erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:

> > & [what] does mkext stand for), and
>
> make extract, i assume.
>
> >
> > 	file /bin/mkfs
> > 	/bin/mkfs: cannot open: '/bin/mkfs' file does not exist
> >
> > Dude, like, huh?
>
> you must have missed the first few lines of the man page
>
>           disk/mkfs [-aprvxU] [-d root] [-n name] [-s source] [-u
>           users] [-z n] proto ...
>
>           disk/mkext [-d name] [-u] [-h] [-v] [-x] [-T] file ...
>
> this means mkfs is in /bin/disk plan 9 uses subdirectories
> in /bin.  actually in the fs, mkfs is in the directory
> /$objtype/bin/disk/

Ah, cheers. I do rather feel like I've been recommended to use a c-stoff/t-stoff powered rocket hopper where a family car would suffice though.


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Ethan Grammatikidis

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