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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] umm... what not to do.
From:       "Bruce J.A. Nourish" <kode187 () kode187 ! net>
Date:       2003-02-06 0:59:17
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On Wednesday 05 February 2003 04:25 pm, gabriel wrote:
> On February 5, 2003 05:15 pm, Xabier Ochotorena wrote:
> > I'm very lucky indeed, I usually do "emerge --deep -u world ; sync;
> > halt" when launching a long build O:)
>
> what does that do?

emerge -u --deep world 
Check for newer versions of every package installed or needed.

sync
Flush dirty disk buffers. Not really needed, as this is done repeatedly 
in the shutdown scripts.

halt
Bring the system down immediately.

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Bruce J.A. Nourish <kode187@kode187.net>


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