I appreciate the feedback so far - there appears to be several tools to
use (wget,rsync,fmirror,mirror,lftp,etc.)
It's a tad confusing trying to figure out the ideal tool, let alone the
correct syntax and parms to use.
Can I rsync on top of the wget tree I downloaded?
Thanks again.
RF
On 26 Aug 2001 15:08:13 +0200, Eivind Eriksen wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
