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PORTSNAP.CONF(5)	       File Formats Manual		PORTSNAP.CONF(5)

NAME
     portsnap.conf -- configuration file for portsnap(8)

DESCRIPTION
     The  portsnap.conf file controls where portsnap(8) fetches ports tree snap-
     shots from, which RSA key should be trusted to sign the updates,  and  what
     directories should hold the compressed and live ports trees.

     A line of the form
	   SERVERNAME=portsnap.example.com
     specifies	the  source  from  which  snapshots  should be fetched.  This is
     equivalent to the -s server option to portsnap(8), and will be  ignored  if
     the command-line option is used.

     A line of the form
	   KEYPRINT=0123456789abc ... 456789abcdef
     (64  characters  in total) specifies the SHA-256 hash of the OpenSSL public
     key file belonging to an RSA keypair which  is  trusted  to  sign	updates.
     This is equivalent to the -k KEY option to portsnap(8), and will be ignored
     if the command-line option is used.

     A line of the form
	   WORKDIR=/path/to/workdir
     specifies	the  directory	in which portsnap should maintain its compressed
     snapshot of the ports tree.  This is equivalent to the -d workdir option to
     portsnap(8), and will be ignored if the command-line option is used.

     A line of the form
	   PORTSDIR=/path/to/portstree
     specifies the directory in which portsnap will create the live  ports  tree
     from  its compressed snapshot via the extract and update commands.  This is
     equivalent to the -p portsdir option to portsnap(8), and will be ignored if
     the command-line option is used.

     If  more  than  one  line	of  any  of  the  above  forms	is  included  in
     portsnap.conf then only the last one will take effect.

     A line of the form
	   INDEX INDEXFILE DESCRIBEFILE
     will  instruct  portsnap(8) that the specified INDEX file is generated from
     the specified describe file distributed by the portsnap server.

     Finally, a line of the form
	   REFUSE foo bar
     will instruct portsnap(8) to ignore parts of  the	ports  tree  with  paths
     starting with foo or bar, which are interpreted as extended regular expres-
     sions  by	egrep(1).  This will result in those parts of the tree not being
     updated in the compressed snapshot when the fetch	and  cron  commands  are
     used  and	not  being  extracted when the extract command is used (unless a
     specific path is passed to portsnap(8)), and if those parts  of  the  ports
     tree  are present they will not be updated when the update command is used.
     Unlike the other options, the parameters in REFUSE lines accumulate and all
     such lines are considered.  Note that operating with  an  incomplete  ports
     tree is not supported and may cause unexpected results.

     Any lines not of the above forms will be ignored.

FILES
     %%PREFIX%/etc/portsnap.conf   Default  location  of the portsnap configura-
				   tion file.

SEE ALSO
     egrep(1), fetch(1), sha256(1), portsnap(8)

AUTHORS
     Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>

FreeBSD 			January 30, 2005		PORTSNAP.CONF(5)

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