LinuxQuestions.org - [slackpkg patch] link files to work dir when mirror is local

This can avoid some io transfers and save your hard disk a bit. Some one may want a try ;)
Code:
diff -u slackpkg-2.80.2-noarch-3/usr/libexec/slackpkg/core-functions.sh /usr/libexec/slackpkg/core-functions.sh

--- slackpkg-2.80.2-noarch-3/usr/libexec/slackpkg/core-functions.sh    2009-07-27 09:33:49.000000000 +0800      

+++ /usr/libexec/slackpkg/core-functions.sh    2009-11-08 08:28:36.824255477 +0800                              

@@ -656,8 +667,8 @@



 function getfile() {

        if [ "$LOCAL" = "1" ]; then

-                echo -e "\t\t\tCopying $1..."

-                cp ${SOURCE}$1 $2 2>/dev/null

+                echo -e "\t\t\tLinking $1..."

+                ln -s ${SOURCE}$1 $2 2>/dev/null

        else

                echo -e "\t\t\tDownloading $1..."

                wget ${WGETFLAGS} ${SOURCE}$1 -O $2

@@ -691,10 +702,10 @@

                # put then in CACHEPATH

                #

                if [ "${LOCAL}" = "1" ]; then

-                      echo -e "\tCopying $NAMEPKG..."

-                      cp ${SOURCE}${FULLPATH}/${NAMEPKG} ${CACHEPATH}

+                      echo -e "\tLinking $NAMEPKG..."

+                      ln -s ${SOURCE}${FULLPATH}/${NAMEPKG} ${CACHEPATH}

                        if [ "$CHECKGPG" = "on" ]; then

-                              cp ${SOURCE}${FULLPATH}/${NAMEPKG}.asc ${CACHEPATH}

+                              ln -s ${SOURCE}${FULLPATH}/${NAMEPKG}.asc ${CACHEPATH}

                        fi

                else

                        echo -e "\tDownloading $NAMEPKG..."