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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References: <718198F862F1D411B10F0002A50A4DB10B827F7D AT e90wwce3 DOT dx DOT deere DOT com>
Subject: Re: Alternate Cygwin download methods (was Re: NO huge packages, please!)
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 15:16:36 -0000
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Polley Christopher W <PolleyChristopherW AT JohnDeere DOT com> wrote:

>> From: Max Bowsher [mailto:maxb AT ukf DOT net]
>> I thought I might as well mention my download method:
>> I wrote a little script to get a setup.ini file from a mirror,
>> and then use
>> Michael Chase's clean_setup.pl to make a list of URLs to get,
>> and pass that
>> to wget. I then invoke clean_setup.pl again, which tidys the
>> files away into
>> their correct location in the directory tree.
>> The great advantage is:- You can mirror only [curr] files, and
>> clean_setup
>> can delete/move files as the become [prev]. Plus, you can
>> exclude packages
>> by globbing on the package name.
>>
>
> Sounds useful. :-)  Care to share it?

I was going to say "I've posted the URL so many times now, just search the
archives.", but  just checked and the archives are glacial. So, here it is
again:

http://home.ix.netcom.com/~mchase/zip/

And my config file:
##########################################
# Options for clean_setup.pl

-DDir
-DSetup
-CSetup
-MFile
-noprev
-notest
-install
-source
-prevobsolete
-archive Attic
-missing missing.list

# -missingprefix ftp://ftp.easynet.be/cygwin/
-missingprefix ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/sources.redhat.com/pub/cygwin/

-I misc
-I *kde-cygwin

__END__
##########################################

Max.


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