And yo was Joerg Johannes heard to yodel: > > Well, I know how to use tar in general. Zipping the .debs is not > necessary because they are already zipped. What I meant is: The .tar > file takes the same amount of space as the .debs themselves. So after > having tarred them , I need twice the space as before. So I want to > delete each .deb after having it added to the .tar archive (to avoid > exceeding my disk quota ;-) )
It appears that your problem is one of strategy...IIRC the --remove-files option only effects after the archive is completed.. However, you could do incremental additions to the archive. i.e. create an archive that fits on the available space, delete the files used, then add the next lot to the same archive until all files are in the archive. -- I'm not advocating that anyone take up emacs. Not even me: at my age, I'd be more likely to try bungee-jumping. It's easier, and has less risk of causing permanent brain damage. ** A posting on ZDNet forum
