On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 08:10:27AM +0800, Arys P. Deloso wrote: > Noong Thursday 22 April 2004 01:20, isinulat ni Todd Slater: > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 02:34:19PM +0800, Arys P. Deloso wrote: > > > How do you get an exact copy of an FTP tree with ALL the > > > permissions and time stamps preserved? > > > > > > I tried: > > > 1. draksync BUT it gives up (does nothing) especially when the > > > stuff gets big; AND > > > 2. ncftp with recursive get but recurses only 2 levels down with > > > sub-subdirectories having no contents AND permissions NOT > > > preserved. > > > > > > Is there a much simpler way to do this? > > > > Would rsync work? > > I get overwhelmed by rsync array of options. What are the most common > options used with rsync? > > I tried using mirrordir and it seems to working fine (except for a > really big file). I am working on it now. > > Thanks Guys! :-)
If you use --archive I think it uses sensible options to preserve dates, owner, group, permissions, recurses, etc. Todd
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