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Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:02:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: download cygwin packages in multiple session
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On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Cj2k5 wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I have created a shell script because I dont have an internet connection
> and this script allow me to do a dowload session limited in n Mbytes
> using wget. I then fill a usb flash memory key and go home to update my
> local cygwin miror. Then repeat the session.
>
> The script compare a latest setup.ini with a local miror of cygwin
> packages and generate multiple text file that will be use by wget.
>
> I did not have my script when sending this message, but tomorrow I will
> look for reply to this message and if there are people interesting to
> it, I will post the script to a new message.

This may not be apparent from that FAQ entry, but Michael Chase's
clean_setup.pl, referenced from [1], does that and more.  It would be good
to know how your script differs from it...
	Igor
[1] <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.disk-space>
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