On Tue 14 Apr 2015, Hongyi Zhao wrote: > > See the following commands: > > ___________________________ > > $ rsync -rmnv -f +_README -f -_* ftp.is.co.za::mirror/ftp.debian.org/ > ftp.us.debian.org/debian > > [snipped] > > receiving file list ... done > > sent 23 bytes received 9 bytes 1.42 bytes/sec > total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 (DRY RUN) > > $ rsync -rmnv -f +_README -f -_* ftp.cn.debian.org::debian > > [snipped] > > receiving file list ... done > drwxr-xr-x 4,096 2015/04/14 11:34:19 . > -rw-rw-r-- 1,370 2015/01/10 18:21:28 README > > sent 47 bytes received 1,389 bytes 574.40 bytes/sec > total size is 1,370 speedup is 0.95 (DRY RUN) > _________________________ > > Why the same rsync commands give different results on the above two debian > mirrors? The first one failed to find anything even the README exists, > while the second one succeed for the job.
The contents of those locations is entirely different, which becomes obvious if you simply run: $ rsync ftp.is.co.za::mirror/ftp.debian.org/ $ rsync ftp.cn.debian.org::debian If you want the same tree, use ftp.is.co.za::mirror/ftp.debian.org/ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ for the first location. Paul -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
