This file is indexed.

preinst is in texlive-binaries 2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u1.

This file is a maintainer script. It is executed when installing (*inst) or removing (*rm) the package.

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#!/bin/sh -e
# texlive-binaries preinst, created 2008 by the Debian TeX Task Force
# probably not copyrightable as it looks now, but anyway the code maybe 
# freely copied, distributed and/or modified

# remove any format or log files in /var/lib/texmf/web2c, they must be
# in $engine subdirs now.  tetex does not properly remove them, and
# they cause strange failures with context.
for ext in fmt mem log base; do
  rm -f /var/lib/texmf/web2c/*.$ext
done



# texlive-binaries.preinst end
# Local Variables:
# mode: shell-script
# End: