Matej Cepl wrote: > Derek Broughton wrote: >> aptitude install `cat installed.txt` >> >> Nice, Matej. I think I'll just cron that command on a weekly basis. > > ??? What is it good for to run this in cron? Sorry, I didn't mean I'd cron the install, but your command to get the list of packages. I like to have an up-to-date list of installed packages for when the hard-drive dies - which, ime, it always will eventually. -- derek