Cygwin setup.exe: Clean historical setup packages

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LiuYan 刘研 wrote:
> 
> ...
> I wish the local setup directory contains only newest packages so that I
> can carry small-size packages to  upgrade cygwin on servers which have no
> internet connection. I'm currently delete the old packages manually, it's
> a little boring and may cause dependency-missing issue.
> 
> So I wish Cygwin setup.exe/setup-1.7.exe can provide an option like "keep
> only newest packages in local directory", it will be very helpful :)
> 

lftp does what you want. Type in command prompt:
lftp
open ftp://ftp.byfly.by/pub/cygwin/
lcd /path_to_local_cygwin_dir/cygwin/
mirror --delete --exclude-glob *-src.tar.bz2 -v -n
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