I need help with this instruction.

[Goh Lip]

Steven Vollom wrote:
> On Thursday 06 August 2009 09:34:15 pm Goh Lip wrote:
>> Steven Vollom wrote:
>>>> make a folder called say, Repo in your home.
> Trim
> 
> Dear Goh Lip,
> 
> I just opened the email you wrote the other day referring to the making of the 
> Directory Repo.  After following the instructions that followed, when I hit 
> enter the last time, I got pages and pages of data rolling down the screen.  
> It has been going on continuously for several minutes now, and is still doing 
> the work as I write.  Is this what is supposed to happen, or did I do 
> something wrong?  There is so much data moving, it looks like data in a loup.  
> I opened the Repo directory and see that there are many entries, but I don't 
> know if what I am seeing on the shell is a scan taking place in a loup, 
> repeating over and over, or just more data moving to where it belongs.
> 
> If I have properly completed the task of loading the information into the Repo 
> Directory, I suppose I should copy Repo to CD, but if Repo is still being 
> filled I must wait.  What do I do?  continue until the shell stops, or is it in 
> a loup that will not end?
> 
> Steven
> 
Was this the command?

sudo cp /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb /home/steven/Repo

In that case you have lots of downloaded stuff.
Have you done this first?
sudo apt-get autoclean?

You probably will need to burn a dvd. (data)

gl