converting .txz files into .xzm for a whole folder

[francois]

I am trying to convert .txz files into .xzm for a whole folder. Here is my bash file (please do not laugh or if you do read out loud) :

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#!/bin/bash

for i in *.txz
do
	if [ "${i}" == "*.txz" ]
	then
	     /opt/porteus-scripts/txz2xzm ${i} ${i}.xzm
	fi
done

[francois]

OK! Got it. I will name it dir-txz2xzm

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#!/bin/bash
#just cd /directory-with-txz
#then type dir-txz2xzm

for i in *.txz
do
/opt/porteus-scripts/txz2xzm $i $i.xzm
done

[francois]

Exciting lets do the dir-activate:

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#!/bin/bash
#will activate porteus modules of a whole directory

for i in *.xzm
do
/opt/porteus-scripts/activate $i.xzm
done

[fanthom]

isnt it easier to run:

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activate /path/*

should also work for txz2xzm.

[francois]

As you say: a lot more easy. Glad to know it now.

Thanks.

[francois]

@fanthom:
Would there be some command for merging modules from a directory into a bundle?
Thanks.

[ncmprhnsbl]

Two commands basicly, 1.extract all xzm to a directory, 2. build a module from that directory

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	xzm2dir <list xzms> <directoryname>

       dir2xzm <directoryname>  <name>.xzm

which you probly already know
have a look here: https://github.com/ncmprhnsbl/openbox/b ... x-build.sh
this is just an adaption from the xfce desktop module
this script basicly
1. installs txzs to directory,
2. extract xzms to same
3. copy configuration directories to that
4. runs some scripts on it(removing stuff,applying patches)
5.builds a module
with some extra stuff to automate the listing of xzms etc..
also freestyler made a gui for merging http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=3532
not sure if his link working...

[francois]

@ncmprhnsbl :
which you probly already know

I had the impression that it could be done this way or something like it. Its nice to have someone provide the solution for your eyes to the tip of your fingers once and a while.

Thanks so much.

[ncmprhnsbl]

here is another way for step 1. that finds and adds xzms to the command

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for a in `ls|grep xzm`; do xzm2dir $a /to/your/modulename; done

[francois]

@ncmprhnsbl:

This is not what I intended in the first post but this would please me now if it worked, but I would like to get a final single module for all of the modules at the end. I will have to try it: converting xzm into txz needs these batch steps:
1.0 create dir for each xzm
2.0 xzm2dir
3.0 dir2txz
4.0 pack into single module all the txz which could be provided by porteus package tools.

Is there a simple way to have that done?

[sunnysideofthesun]

As for a topic title: script from this thread didn't work for your task http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=957 ?
As for last post, I'm afraid I don't really understand what do you want to convert and into what. Seems like directions have changed.

[ncmprhnsbl]

@sunny beware old threads ;-)

@francois "theres more than one way to grep a cat" (some are v messy) i can't see any value in converting modules to .txz
"Is there a simple way to have that done?"
open a terminal in the directory where your modules are(or cd), and do (as root):

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for a in `ls|grep xzm`; do xzm2dir $a /to/your/modulename; done

then

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dir2xzm  /to/your/modulename  <mergedmodule>.xzm

[francois]

@ncmprhnsbl
I can't see any value in converting modules to .txz

What I want to do is to convert a folder in which there is gparted and its many dependencies separately in the module form. I realize that it would have been better to have them merged together. Maybe you have an even simpler solution to achieve this goal. Do you?

So some kind of function to merge xzms.

[Bogomips]

open a terminal in the directory where your modules are(or cd), and do (as root):

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for a in `ls|grep xzm`; do xzm2dir $a /to/your/modulename; done

Why grep?

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for a in *.xzm; do xzm2dir $a /to/your/modulename; done

then

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dir2xzm  /to/your/modulename  <mergedmodule>.xzm

[donald]

@ francois
Hi
how about this?
https://www.porteus-apps.org/?q=xzm/mergexzm-11
(the link works at Time of posting)