Pacbak.sh, backup pacman file lists..

Question

So i'm not sure if someone has done anything like this before.. but I was reading the wiki and just thought I'd hack something together real quick.. This script will let you backup your current pacman installed list, and restore it if you decide to get your box the way you want it.. then all of a sudden it crashes and burns to the ground xD.. Anywho.. I know I could have done a better job but.. i'm lazy. Comments are so very welcome!!!
#!/bin/bash
# Set some random cool looking things :-/
ESC_SEQ="\x1b["
COL_RESET=$ESC_SEQ"39;49;00m"
COL_RED=$ESC_SEQ"31;01m"
COL_CYAN=$ESC_SEQ"36;01m"
# Checking if root
if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
echo -e $COL_RED"This script must be run as root"$COL_RESET
exit 1
fi
case "$1" in
backup)
echo -e $COL_CYAN">>"$COL_RESET "Sending the backup command to pacman.."
pacman -Qqe | grep -v "$(pacman -Qmq)" > pacbak.bak
echo -e $COL_CYAN">>"$COL_RESET" Done!"
restore)
echo -e $COL_CYAN">>"$COL_RESET "First lets update pacman"
pacman -Syy
echo -e $COL_CYAN">>"$COL_RESET "Okay, now lets restore our backed up list.."
sleep 2
pacman -S $(cat pacbak.bak)
echo -e $COL_CYAN">>"$COL_RESET "Done!"
info)
echo -e $COL_CYAN">>"$COL_RESET "Simple script to backup and restore your pacman list of installed programs."
echo -e $COL_CYAN">>"$COL_RESET "Created by: Timothy Hoffmeyer <thoffmeyer>"
echo -e $COL_CYAN">>"$COL_RESET "Contact: <[email protected]>"
echo "usage: $0 {backup|restore|info}"
esac
exit 0

Answer 1

Dieter@be wrote:
thoffmeyer wrote:#!/bin/bash
pacman -Qqe | grep -v "$(pacman -Qmq)" > pacbak.bak
Why are you filtering out those packages?
I personally want to backup explicitly installed packages, no matter where they are from.
Tip: host your own binary repo and when you build packages from AUR (or others from source) put them there.
I was setting up a repo @ my sever for packages.. so.. I'm working on it.. Thanks ghost1227.. arch-blocking like that.. lol.