Earl Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'd like to add a little to Steve's great reply. If you are not scared
> of a little programming, you can optimize the transfer of MHonArc archive
> data to the Web server by only transfering files that are new, or have
> changed, since the last transfer. Actually, there may be some mirroring
> software that you can use that can probably automate the task for you.
> Decent mirror software should only transfer data that has changed or
> is new.
A great software, which I use for efficiently mirroring rather big sets
of files, is `rsync'. If you have an IP link between suitable machines,
even if slow, one notable feature of `rsync' is that it is able to diff
remote files without transferring them (that's all of a challenge! :-),
and then transfer only differences for updating files at the other hand.
Check `http://samba.anu.edu.au/cgi-bin/rsync' for more information.
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