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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: "Steve Kelem" <skelem AT elementcxi DOT com>, <cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
References: <42AA15E9 DOT 9070700 AT elementcxi DOT com>
Subject: Re: clean up download directory?
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 03:46:57 +0100
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Steve Kelem wrote:
> After having used the Cygwin download program (which is FANTASTIC!),
> I've noticed that I end up with redundant copies of the software.  There
> are multiple versions of a piece of software in a directory, e.g.,
> 
> <site>/release/binutils/binutils-20050520-1.tar.bz2
> <site>/release/binutils/binutils-20050608-2.tar.bz2
> 
> as well as copies from other download sites:
> 
> <site2>/release/binutils/binutils-20050608-2.tar.bz2
> 
> Is there a (semi-)automatic way to get rid of the older versions and
> keep just the latest one?

There's a wonderfully flexible perl script at:
http://home.ix.netcom.com/~mchase/zip/clean_setup.zip

Max.


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