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timm

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From: Wisconsin

Registered: 2004-02-25

Posts: 417

Clean all but current +1?

I'd like to clean up my /var directory, which keeps filling up, but i would like to keep the current package and one prior to that.  I'm not finding a way to do that.  Is it possible?

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: Clean all but current +1?

pacman -Sc

will remove all the packages that are NOT installed. But I don't think there is a way to keep the current + 1 earlier copies of the installed packages.

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Clean all but current +1?

You would need to script something yourself.

alterkacker

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From: Peoples Republic of Boulder

Registered: 2005-01-08

Posts: 52

Re: Clean all but current +1?

Take a look at my script cache-clean in http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Clean_Cache

Last edited by alterkacker (2009-04-29 19:32:38)