Re: How to install comp.tgz after installed base system?

[kevin lyda <kevin@suberic.net>]

On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 01:09:27AM +0100, Nils Frohberg wrote:
> a (not very nice) way of uninstalling it is by using a shell loop:
> for i in `tar tzf comp30.tgz` ; do rm -f /$i ; done
> 
> edit for your appropriate shell, but beware!, doing a 'rm -f /$i' can
> be hazardous to your health if $i is wrong. like i said, not a nice way
> to solve the problem. better get the output of tar into a file and check
> it manually.
> 
> anyone a better idea?

hm, that's a pretty huge commandline.  i'd do

    tar tzf comp30.tgz | xargs rm -f

you'll get lots of errors on trying to rm directories (which it won't do).

kevin

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