* question on backup
@ 2011-10-27 7:24 Paul Allen Newell
2011-10-27 11:26 ` Ken Brown
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From: Paul Allen Newell @ 2011-10-27 7:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin; +Cc: pnewell
Hello to all:
My question is how do I get an archive of what cygwin packages I have
installed. I have googled and only find info on how to do a full backup
of the tree. I did a bit of a hunt through the cygwin email archives but
only found one tidbit about "something used to work but doesn't now".
I would like to capture the info in a file. Whether it can be used in an
install on a new machine is academic (though that would be nice). I just
want a record in case I have to do a new install and want to know what I
had before.
Thanks in advance,
Paul
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* Re: question on backup
2011-10-27 7:24 question on backup Paul Allen Newell
@ 2011-10-27 11:26 ` Ken Brown
2011-10-27 11:30 ` Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
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From: Ken Brown @ 2011-10-27 11:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On 10/27/2011 3:24 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> Hello to all:
>
> My question is how do I get an archive of what cygwin packages I have
> installed.
/etc/setup/installed.db
Ken
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* RE: question on backup
2011-10-27 11:26 ` Ken Brown
@ 2011-10-27 11:30 ` Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
2011-10-27 14:18 ` Christopher Faylor
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From: Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] @ 2011-10-27 11:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Ken Brown sent the following at Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:26 AM
>On 10/27/2011 3:24 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
>> My question is how do I get an archive of what cygwin packages I have
>> installed.
>
>/etc/setup/installed.db
or
sed -n -e '2,$s/ .*$//p' /etc/setup/installed.db
or to feed into setup.exe -P
sed -n -e '2,$s/ .*$//p' /etc/setup/installed.db | tr '\n' , | sed -e 's/,$/\n/'
Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.
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* Re: question on backup
2011-10-27 11:30 ` Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
@ 2011-10-27 14:18 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-10-27 21:32 ` Paul Allen Newell
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From: Christopher Faylor @ 2011-10-27 14:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 07:30:04AM -0400, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:
>Ken Brown sent the following at Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:26 AM
>>On 10/27/2011 3:24 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
>>> My question is how do I get an archive of what cygwin packages I have
>>> installed.
>>
>>/etc/setup/installed.db
>
>or
>
>sed -n -e '2,$s/ .*$//p' /etc/setup/installed.db
>
>or to feed into setup.exe -P
>
>sed -n -e '2,$s/ .*$//p' /etc/setup/installed.db | tr '\n' , | sed -e 's/,$/\n/'
Is there some reason why you wouldn't just use cygcheck for this?
cgf
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* Re: question on backup
2011-10-27 14:18 ` Christopher Faylor
@ 2011-10-27 21:32 ` Paul Allen Newell
2011-10-28 20:27 ` Oleksandr Gavenko
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From: Paul Allen Newell @ 2011-10-27 21:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin; +Cc: Newell, Paul
On 10/27/2011 7:18 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 07:30:04AM -0400, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:
>> Ken Brown sent the following at Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:26 AM
>>> On 10/27/2011 3:24 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
>>>> My question is how do I get an archive of what cygwin packages I have
>>>> installed.
>>> /etc/setup/installed.db
>> or
>>
>> sed -n -e '2,$s/ .*$//p' /etc/setup/installed.db
>>
>> or to feed into setup.exe -P
>>
>> sed -n -e '2,$s/ .*$//p' /etc/setup/installed.db | tr '\n' , | sed -e 's/,$/\n/'
> Is there some reason why you wouldn't just use cygcheck for this?
>
> cgf
>
Ken: /etc/setup/installed.db is exactly what I was looking for, thanks
Barry: Thanks for sed suggestions, makes for a cleaner list of info
(which matches my need of "an ascii record" of what I've installed)
Chris: I didn't know about cygcheck and had blinders on during my search
as I was looking for a data file rather than a utility. Just read the
docs, test drove it per docs, and its definitely better than what I was
originally looking for. Thanks!
Paul
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* Re: question on backup
2011-10-27 21:32 ` Paul Allen Newell
@ 2011-10-28 20:27 ` Oleksandr Gavenko
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From: Oleksandr Gavenko @ 2011-10-28 20:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
28.10.2011 0:32, Paul Allen Newell пишет:
> On 10/27/2011 7:18 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> Is there some reason why you wouldn't just use cygcheck for this?
>>
> Chris: I didn't know about cygcheck and had blinders on during my search
> as I was looking for a data file rather than a utility. Just read the
> docs, test drove it per docs, and its definitely better than what I was
> originally looking for. Thanks!
>
$ cygcheck -c
Cygwin Package Information
Package Version Status
_update-info-dir 00989-1 OK
alternatives 1.3.30c-10 OK
aspell 0.60.5-1 OK
aspell-doc 0.60.5-1 OK
...... ....... ........
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