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diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm index e97fa79ac9..d3a6248118 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm @@ -2333,3 +2333,35 @@ application, collecting the information received.") ;; 'src/siphash24.c' is the SipHash reference implementation, which ;; bears a CC0 Public Domain Dedication. (license license:agpl3+))) + +(define-public hungrycat + (package + (name "hungrycat") + (version "0.4.1") + (source (origin + (method url-fetch) + (uri (string-append "https://github.com/jwilk/hungrycat/" + "releases/download/" version "/" + name "-" version ".tar.gz")) + (sha256 + (base32 + "03fc1zsrf99lvxa7b4ps6pbi43304wbxh1f6ci4q0vkal370yfwh")))) + (build-system gnu-build-system) + (native-inputs + ;; For tests. + `(("python" ,python-wrapper) + ("python-nose" ,python-nose))) + (arguments + `(#:test-target "test")) + (synopsis "A single tool that combines @command{cat} & @command{rm}") + (description + "hungrycat prints the contents of a file to standard output, while +simultaneously freeing the disk space it occupied. It is useful if you need +to process a large file, don't have enough space to store both the input and +output files, and don't need the input file afterwards. +While similar in principle to running @command{cat} immediately followed by +@command{rm}, @command{hungrycat} actually frees blocks as soon as they are +printed instead of after the entire file has been read, which is often too +late.") + (home-page "https://jwilk.net/software/hungrycat") + (license license:expat))) |