ke4nt1
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Posted: Aug. 08 2004,15:20 |
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I always start with a list...
( course I'm rebuilding them, but making changes or additions requires the same treatment.. )
You need to start with a list...
Now, how far back you want to go, I don't know...
If you installed an app from apt-get, you can "dpkg -L packagename" to make a list,
but then you have to know the names of ALL the packages you installed, ( I write them down during the install )
and make a list for each one and combine them.
cbagger01's script does a great job of this, combining all the packages into one .dsl , with no directories..
You could always take that .dsl file, and use these tips to remove docs and man pages, etc.., and rebuilt the .dsl cleanly...
If you installed from a .tar.gz , you can use the previous "tar -ztf pkgname.* > *.txt"
Either way, yes, it requires some handwork to make the list clean..
There are a few tools and tricks, like using emelfm search/replace feature to remove
any leading ./'s that appear in filelists...
Read my other thread that mikshaw refers to, as it has more info about actually creating your .dsl from your list..
I think it answers your specific question about "compiling" a tar without directories..
Building your tar without directories is what the LIST is for.
When you use "tar -T anylist.txt --no-recursion --numeric-owner -cvf- | gzip > anyfile.dsl" ,
as long a your LIST has no directories in it, your .dsl won't either...
For small files like these themes, I would simply type out a list..
But there is no reason you couldn't build them using the same method you did
when you sent them to me, and then applying this info as a "second stage"
to create your list, cleanup perms/owners, and remove unnecessary files.
Edit the pieces we don't want out of your list, and rebuild the tar...
Just like I did.... 
Keep em' comin'
73
ke4nt
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