mirroring twice (first direct then reverse) modifies the remote site! remote site: foo.net:/pub/ftp/bar/zot.txt, zot.txt is a symbolic link to ../../bazonk/zoo.txt locally: lftp:> mirror -L bar . creates file zot.txt locally (with timestamp of the remote zoo.txt) [there is no ../../bazonk/ locally, I want the true file here] lftp:> mirror -R . bar __removes__ the symbolic link zot.txt and replaces it with a text file identical to the local zot.txt (which is identical to the remote zoo.txt).
I would think that if I first do a direct mirror of the remote site and them a reverse mirror, then the remote site will not be modified. thanks. -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running RedHat8 GNU/Linux <http://www.camera.org> <http://www.iris.org.il> <http://www.memri.org/> <http://www.mideasttruth.com/> <http://www.palestine-central.com/links.html> A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.
