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August 26, 2014 03:14
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Automates installation of removed packages from a copy of the apt-get log
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#include <stdio.h> | |
#include <stdlib.h> | |
#include <string.h> | |
int main(int argc, char* argv[]){ | |
//buffer array | |
char buffer[120]; | |
//array for the package name | |
char word[41]; | |
char* newline; | |
//open the file with packages to install | |
FILE* in = fopen("copy.txt","r"); | |
//get package after package, truncate unnecessities and make command, then proceed to execute command | |
while(fgets(buffer,50,in)!=NULL){ | |
//just to ensure its a package so warnings and info can be ignored | |
if (buffer[0]=='R'){ | |
//truncating the unwanted from list | |
strcpy(word,(buffer+9)); | |
newline = strchr(word,'\0'); | |
if (newline!=NULL){ | |
newline = newline-5; | |
*newline = '\0'; | |
} | |
//making command | |
sprintf(buffer,"sudo apt-get install %s",word); | |
//execute command | |
system(buffer); | |
} | |
/* | |
//debugging | |
printf("%s\n",buffer); | |
*/ | |
} | |
} |
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