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	Procedure: Portsnap Method			Procedure: Portsnap Method

	The base system of FreeBSD includes Portsnap.			The base system of FreeBSD includes Portsnap.
	This is a fast and user-friendly tool for retrieving the Ports Collection and is the recommended choice for most users not running FreeBSD-CURRENT.			This is a fast and user-friendly tool for retrieving the Ports Collection and is the recommended choice for most users not running FreeBSD-CURRENT.
	This utility connects to a FreeBSD site, verifies the secure key, and downloads a new copy of the Ports Collection.			This utility connects to a FreeBSD site, verifies the secure key, and downloads a new copy of the Ports Collection.
	The key is used to verify the integrity of all downloaded files.			The key is used to verify the integrity of all downloaded files.

				Note that Portsnap updates are generated from a snapshot of the main
				branch of the Ports Collection and cannot be configured to use a
				different branch (for example, `quarterly`).
				If it is necessary to use a different branch of the Ports Collection
				(for instance as referenced earlier in conjunction with binary
				packages), then the <<ports-using-git-method,Git method>> must be used.

	. To download a compressed snapshot of the Ports Collection into [.filename]#/var/db/portsnap#:			. To download a compressed snapshot of the Ports Collection into [.filename]#/var/db/portsnap#:
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	[source,shell]			[source,shell]
	....			....
	# portsnap fetch			# portsnap fetch
	....			....
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	. When running Portsnap for the first time, extract the snapshot into [.filename]#/usr/ports#:			. When running Portsnap for the first time, extract the snapshot into [.filename]#/usr/ports#:
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