how do i create a 'repodata' folder for a local yum repository ?

[Michal Jaegermann]

On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 10:45:57PM +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> 
> But what I would really like to do is _save_ rpms 
> when I run "yum update" (or something similar) on my desktop,

You actually do that unless you are running 'yum clean all' after
you finished with updates.  Look around in subdirectories of
/var/cache/yum/.  Try 'find /var/cache yum -name "*.rpm"' and check
what you got.  See also in 'man yum' what are effects of various
'clean' options.

   Michal