Re: [Rule-list] Potential low mem boot disk/installer

[Martin Stricker]

Devon wrote:

> The sad part is just how limited the minimal shell is. The following:
> for package in $(cat package_list)
> is illegal syntax in this shell.
> 
> I need to read in a file list, and pipe each entry to rpm2cpio, which
> then gets piped to cpio. I've generated the file list with the full
> path to the rpm files. (/mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/$package)
> 
> Thoughts anyone?

Write a C program instead of using a shell script?

Best regards,
Martin Stricker
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