Re: Using tar saving Disk-space [was: apt-get offline]
On Wed, 30 May 2001, Joerg Johannes wrote:
>Hi list
>
>Now that I can transfer my downloaded .debs in a .tar file, I wonder if
>I could create this .tar file saving disk space, e.g. in the following
>way
>
><pseudo-code>
>create a tar file (touch packages.tar?)
unnecessary, and in fact will break the script...
>for *.deb in this directory
foreach foo (./*.deb)
> 1.) add it to the tar file
tar -u $foo -f packages.tar
> 2.) rm this .deb
rm $foo
>end
end
></pseudo-code>
>
>Is this possible for (non-GNU)-tar?
I think that I made it basic enough to be portable...
>How would this look for the csh?
That's what I was writing it for (actually, tcsh, but it should be
backwards compatible...)
>Even better: Could this be included in the wget-script?
?! you have a script already that you want to add this stuff to? That'd
be easier by far, because you'd only have to select once and not select,
then select on *.deb.
>thanks
>
>joerg
>
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