linecount=$(wc -l ${vdir}.changes | awk ' { print $1 } ')
let headcount=$linecount-3
let tailcount=$headcount-1
+ # get rid of the last 3 lines of the rsync output
head -${headcount} ${vdir}.changes > ${vdir}.changes.1
- tail -${tailcount} ${vdir}.changes.1 > ${vdir}.changes
- rm -f ${vdir}.changes.1
+ # get rid of the first line of the rsync output
+ tail -${tailcount} ${vdir}.changes.1 > ${vdir}.changes.2
+ # post process rsync output to get rid of symbolic link embellish output
+ awk ' { print $1 } ' ${vdir}.changes.2 > ${vdir}.changes
+ rm -f ${vdir}.changes.*
# step 3: create the ${vdir} with just the list given in ${vdir}.changes
install -d -m 755 ${vdir}-tmp/