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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:43:45 -0600
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Subject: Re: Is there a script to remove old packages from local disk
From: Keith Christian <keith1christian@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 4:34 AM, Fergus<fergus@bonhard.uklinux.net> wrote:
> #! /bin/sh
> # =A0clean
> cat "$1setup.ini" | sed -n '/release\//p' | sed 's/^.*release\///g' |\

I used Fergus' script referenced above, with the "safety feature" of
executing "setup.4" independently, as the search and destroy
mechanism.  I like this approach, try before you, er, um, "buy."

I saved the script in the "release/" directory and invoked thusly:

bash ./clean_cygwin.sh

Worked like a champ.  Anyone fearing that changes to setup.exe might
be asked for, forget it.  (-:  (-:

My "release/" directory was trimmed by 301mb, from 1000mb to 699mb!
That's well worth it.

Thanks, Fergus.


=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3DKeith

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