Re: Using tar saving Disk-space [was: apt-get offline]
Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for. Except the line tar -u $foo -f packages.tar has to be changed into tar uf packages.tar The script I was referring to is the one created by apt-get -qq -print-uris etc. I would have to add the above line to every downloaded package. I think your foreach loop is easier joerg John Galt wrote: 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 -- Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you will hear the voice of Satan? That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000.
Re: Using tar saving Disk-space [was: apt-get offline]
You can compress all .deb files into one zipped tar file with only one command. See the manual page of tar. You don't need to write code with a for-loop. I think it's tar czf packages.tar.gz debdir with debdir the directory containing all your .deb files, and packages.tar.gz the target zipped tarfile. On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 10:36:13AM +0200, 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?) for *.deb in this directory 1.) add it to the tar file 2.) rm this .deb end /pseudo-code Is this possible for (non-GNU)-tar? How would this look for the csh? Even better: Could this be included in the wget-script? thanks joerg -- Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you will hear the voice of Satan? That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Using tar saving Disk-space [was: apt-get offline]
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 ;-) ) joerg Bart Martens wrote: You can compress all .deb files into one zipped tar file with only one command. See the manual page of tar. You don't need to write code with a for-loop. I think it's tar czf packages.tar.gz debdir with debdir the directory containing all your .deb files, and packages.tar.gz the target zipped tarfile. On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 10:36:13AM +0200, 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?) for *.deb in this directory 1.) add it to the tar file 2.) rm this .deb end /pseudo-code Is this possible for (non-GNU)-tar? How would this look for the csh? Even better: Could this be included in the wget-script? thanks joerg -- Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you will hear the voice of Satan? That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000.
Re: Using tar saving Disk-space [was: apt-get offline]
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
Re: Using tar saving Disk-space [was: apt-get offline]
Joerg Johannes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: JJ Now that I can transfer my downloaded .debs in a .tar file, I wonder if JJ I could create this .tar file saving disk space, e.g. in the following JJ way JJ JJ pseudo-code JJ create a tar file (touch packages.tar?) JJ for *.deb in this directory JJ1.) add it to the tar file JJ2.) rm this .deb JJ end JJ /pseudo-code JJ JJ Is this possible for (non-GNU)-tar? JJ How would this look for the csh? In any shell, you'd probably want tar cvf deb-packages.tar *.deb rm *.deb I'm curious why you want to do this, though; the amount of lost disk space is negligible (less than 4K per file), and I believe tar effectively adds this back in with per-block padding (remember, it was written to write archives to tapes). So the amount of disk space you'd actually save with this is about zero, give-or-take a little; it's already been noted that compressing the tar file is a lose, since Debian packages are ar archives containing a small indicator file and two gzipped tar files. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal. -- Abra Mitchell
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 -- There is an old saying that if a million monkeys typed on a million keyboards for a million years, eventually all the works of Shakespeare would be produced. Now, thanks to Usenet, we know this is not true. Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
