Packup - a simple backup/restore/migration script for Pacman

Question

I have seen numerous posts on the forums asking for an easy way to backup and restore installed software for purposes of backup, migration or simply for convenience. Packup attempts to fill this void. Simply put, Packup is an ncurses wrapper for Pacman which provides a simple backup/restore/migration system for Arch. Don't believe me? Try it for yourself!

Answer 1

Mimi wrote:
Ghost1227 wrote:by default it should be $8 not $9... I'd love to know why yours responds differently.
┌─[~]
└─╼ ls -Bl packup-*
-rw-r--r-- 1 julia users 2633 2. Jan 18:22 packup-complete-20090102-1821
┌─[~]
└─╼ ls -Bl packup-* | egrep -v '^d' | awk '{ print $8 }'
18:22
Maybe the problem is a different date format (de_DE.utf8).
┌─[~]
└─╼ ls -Bl --time-style=iso packup-* | egrep -v '^d' | awk '{ print $8 }'
packup-complete-20090102-1821
Good point - added --time-style to the script, should fix that problem...
Mimi wrote:
If i select "Run Yaourt" the program exits, i don't know, maybe the exit status of the if condition (if [ $? = 0 ]) overrides the selection?
┌─[~]
└─╼ if [ $? = 1 ]; then echo abcdef; elif [ $? = 1 ]; then echo fedcba; fi
fedcba
Or is it just me?
I think you miscopied something there...
if [ $? = 1 ]; ... elif [ $? = 1 ]; ...
it's kinda redundant... shouldn't one of those be =0? or =3? i'm not even sure which function you're referencing.