On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 21:35, dave wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 22:03, Nick Rout wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 20:42, dave wrote: > > > On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 09:56, Nick Rout wrote: > > > > if you need to make your own hdlist.cz (because the rpms on your cd are > > > > your personal selection, not a straight copy of some mirror which > > > > houses a matching hdlist.cz) then you can create one with the genhdlist > > > > command. It has no manpage, but prints a nice --help entry. > > > > No i am wanting to do exactly as you described below but after trying to > create a hdlist.cz via genhdlist. Help file is below > > Usage: /usr/bin/genhdlist [options] [dir...] > Options: > --help print this message and exit > --headersdir dir put temporary files in dir > --dest build index from this dir > -s silent mode > --nobadrpm do not stop on bad rpm > --noclean keep cache files > --suffix SUFFIX put a suffix on hdlist names > > commands tried as root and as normal user are > > genhdlist --noclean --dest /home/dave/rpms/ ../../usr/bin
whats the ../../usr/bin bit about? > > error getting is > > can't create list file: Permission denied at /usr/bin/genhdlist line 78. > > > just this minute logged in at root and got it. > > many thankx for your help nick it�s always great when someone gets a win. > > many thanks to you others too.
