On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 10:19:36PM -0800, Maria Rodriguez wrote: > I have a production machine which I would like to duplicate in a test > lab. I was just going to get the output of 'dpkg --get-selections' > and see if there were some way to parse it to just get the package > names. I'm no programmer and can't script worth a darn, so does > anyone have any suggestions on how to go about doing such a thing?
Don't parse it. Just take the raw output and save it in, say, a file called 'selections' which you transport to the target machine somehow. Then 'dpkg --set-selections < selections' on the target machine and 'dselect install'. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
