On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, Ron Stodden wrote:
> Robert Fox wrote:
> >
> > I have been using "wget -rm" to fetch the Cooker tree - but if I do it often
>enough, I end up with a bunch of older files on the downloaded branch
> > (because the older version is not removed)
> >
> > Is rsync or mirror better? If so, what is the recommended download syntax for
>using rsync or mirror?
>
> rsync is much better, and a few of us have done a lot of good work
> packaging rsync for use with the Mandrake RPM naming conventions.
>
> Download the package from my web site:
>
> http://www.ains.net.au/~ronst/
>
> and stop having to worry - it's much faster and better and quietly
> deletes any local files not on the server.
>
>
You may also use lftp with mirror -e:
lftp ftp.uninett.no
cd linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586
mirror -e -v
