X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:11:42 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Is there a script to remove old packages from local disk Message-ID: <20090616191142.GA25409@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <80152cdc0906161159r2995c80bl3e0c8ffb1d938103 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <80152cdc0906161159r2995c80bl3e0c8ffb1d938103@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:59:19PM -0600, Keith Christian wrote: >Has anyone written a script that will remove older .bz2 files in the >release/ directory on local drives, e.g. > > release/bash/bash-3.2.25-17.tar.bz2 > release/bash/bash-3.2.33-18.tar.bz2 > release/bash/bash-3.2.39-19.tar.bz2 > release/bash/bash-3.2.39-20.tar.bz2 > release/bash/bash-3.2.48-21.tar.bz2 > >Perhaps delete: > > bash-3.2.25-17 > bash-3.2.33-18 > bash-3.2.39-19 > >and keeping the two most recent updates. You can just rm -r all of the directories that setup creates when installing packages. There is no reason to keep any of them around. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/