Copy .deb files from separate dir to /var/cache/apt/archives

[Thilo Six]

Florian Diesch wrote the following on 29.10.2006 02:30:
> Thilo Six <T.Six at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
>> OOzy Pal wrote the following on 28.10.2006 20:01:
>>> How can I copy a bunch of .deb files from multiple directories to
>>> /var/cache/apt/archives in one shot to avoid downloading again.
>> e.g. ones i copied the debs from the alternate cd to
>> /var/cache/apt/archives. I used:
>>
>> sudo cp -v /media/cdrom/pool/*/*/*/*deb /var/cache/apt/archives/
> 
> if you don't want to care about the path depth:
>  find /media/cdrom/pool -name \*.deb | sudo xargs -i cp -v {} /var/cache/apt/archives/

ok this is the ultra comfortable solution. ;)
*note it down*

thx for the tip

/me hasn´t the knowledge for these kind of solutions, but hey mine also
works.  *gg*

> Using zsh it's just
>  sudo cp -v /media/cdrom/pool/**/*.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/
> 
> 
>    Florian

bye Thilo
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