On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 03:29:42PM +0100, Christian Zapf wrote: > Hello PowerPeople > > I'd like to try to install Debian on my PowerMac box, but I'm already > stuck when it comes to downloading the whole binary-powerpc tree. Every > ftp client I tried to use for a recursive get thinks that the sym links > are directories, tries to "cd" there, gets an error (since it's actually > a link to a file), and skips. I noticed that most of these links go into > a few other trees, like one or two binary-all. > > Maybe I could just download the whole bin-ppc tree without these linked > files, and then download the few trees like this binary-all directory. > But I'd like to make sure that I don't miss anything. > > If anybody knows about an FTP client that can recursively download and > doesn't get fooled because of these links, just tell me. I have Macs, > PCs (NT or Linux) and Suns around me, the client does not need to be for > MacOS.
I highly recommend using wget, and an http mirror instead of an ftp mirror. It transfers symlinks as real files. Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| CMU, CS class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Part-Time Systems Programmer | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/
