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Pacnew and Pacsave

Created lørdag 22 oktober 2016


When pacman removes a files it stores the packages configuration files with a .pacsave extension.
Likewise when pacman upgrades a package and a configuration files differs, it stores the new configuration file with the .pacnew extension.


Locate .pac* files

# Make sure you have the mlocate package for this. Update locates database with updatedb.
$ locate --existing --regex "\.pac(new|save)$"