On 10/27/05, Phil Scarratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Surely there are tools out there to do this, but if not, wouldn't a > script that did the following work: > > 1. Obtained a list of contents of the upstream repository > 2. Compare that list to the local contents > 3. Wget anything not in the local contents list > 4. rm anything not in the upstream repository
It's called "mirror", for instance. Or use "rsync" if that's provided. The question is whether he'd like to have a full local mirror of the repository or just the package he actually installs. --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html