Backup packages

From FBSD_tips

Backup all your packages :

pkg_info | awk '{print $1}' | while read P; do pkg_create -b $P; done

Or with a little white space added ;

pkg_info | awk '{print $1}' | while read P 
do
 pkg_create -b $P
done

This can also be done without the while loop (thanks mux!) :

pkg_info | awk '{print $1}' | xargs pkg_create -b

The packages will be written in the current directory.

References: pkg_create man page awk man page

=Discussion-

In ports you can make a package that is the same thing as this by typing 'make package' in the port directory.

The same effect can be achieved with pkg_create -ba, but with a loop like this you can check for success on a package by package basis, maybe writing to log files.

Gongo 02:14, 1 October 2007 (UTC)