digifuzzy Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 This is probably an absolute [gen|fun]too noob type question, but curiosity gets the best of me. I've noticed these numerous 0-length hidden files in different directories in Funtoo. I'm assuming there related to "baselayout" ebuild. But what exactly is the purpose of these ".keep_sys-apps_baselayout-0" files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleg Vinichenko Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 It's fine, do not remove them. baselayout ebuild installing system directories (like /var/ /var/lock, etc, for a complete list look inside ebuild) by using a keepdir. i.e /run created with keepdir /run. It tells portage to leave directories behind even if they are empty (or emptied). Other than that it's same as dodir ebuild function m31271n 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digifuzzy Posted January 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 I wasn't about to delete them. I was just really curious as to why they were there. Now I know... Thanks, Oleg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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