Well that script doesn't work (total brain failure). However this one
works in most circumstances. Unfortunately it's got a bit bigger and will
grow even larger when I add a bit more intelligence into it.
/* makes ftp script to download all packages
marked for install which are different from
currently installed version */
prefix=/packages/debian/
output=/home/bridgett/ftpscript
echo bin > $output
# ensure prefix ends in a backslash (unless it is blank)
awk -v prefix=$prefix \
'function check() { \
if (get=="T") {list[pkg]=ver; get="F"} \
else if (pkg in list)
if (ver=="") print "ERROR: No version number for \"" pkg "\""
else if (list[pkg] != ver)
if (file=="") print "ERROR: No filename for \"" pkg "\"" >"/dev/stderr"
else { ind = match(file,"[^/]*$"); \
print "cd " prefix substr(file,1,ind-2) "\nget " substr(file,ind)
} } \
BEGIN {get="F"} END {check()} /^[:blank:]*$/ {check(); file=""; ver=""}\
/^Package: / {pkg=$2} /^Status: install/ {get="T"} \
/^Version: / {ver=$2} /^Filename: / {file=$2}' \
/var/lib/dpkg/{status,available} >> $output
I'll probably try and put a little package together with a few scripts in
so that people can take a zip drive to work and download all their stuff
there rather than having a large phone bill.
Adrian
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