Jan Prikryl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Quoting L. Cranswick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> > For this type of mirroring - you may also like to explore using
> > rsync (free open source) [...]
> >
> > This can be far more effective than using FTP or HTTP mirroring.
> > The algorithm is open source so there is no reason why it cannot be
> > added into WGET.
>
> Given there is a well-working implementation of rsync server and rsync
> client, does it make sense to add this functionality to wget?
Whoa, wait a minute. Doesn't this assume the user has control over
both master and slave site? Of course that is wrong for many of us.
Rsync needs software running on both sites. Wget needs only itself.
I would think the full mirroring capability would be a fairly
important addition.
