I find this script useful on small LAN's, etc.:
#! /bin/sh # # Copyright 2004 Thiemo Seufer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # # UPDATED by Chris Rainey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # # This file is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public # License, Version 2, as published at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html # # This script originates from http://www.debian.org/mirror/anonftpsync # # Note: You MUST have rsync 2.0.16-1 or newer, which is available in # slink and all newer Debian releases, or at http://rsync.samba.org/ # # Set the variables at the end of the file to fit your site. You can # then use cron to have this script run daily to automatically update your copy # of the archive. # # Don't forget: # chmod 744 anonftpsync # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # There should be no need to edit anything in this section, unless # there are problems. See the end of the file for customization. set -e exclude_arch () { while [ $# -ge 1 ]; do echo -n "--exclude *-${1}* --exclude *_${1}* --exclude *{1}.* " shift done return 0 } do_mirror () { _rsync_host=$1 _target_dir=$2 rsync -aPS --delete-after --delete-excluded --exclude source/ \ --exclude *.tar.gz* --exclude *.diff* --exclude *.dsc* \ `exclude_arch $EXCLUDE_ARCH` \ ${_rsync_host} ${_target_dir} return 0 } # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Customize this section # This sample would exclude all architectures: # EXCLUDE_ARCH="alpha amd64 amiga atari arm bvme6000 hppa hurd-i386 \ # i386 ia64 m68k mac mips mipsel mvme netbsd-i386 netbsd-alpha netwinder \ # powerpc riscpc s390 sh sparc" # EXCLUDE_ARCH="alpha amd64 amiga arm atari bvme6000 hppa hurd-i386 \ ia64 m68k mac mips mipsel mvme netbsd-i386 netbsd-alpha netwinder \ powerpc riscpc s390 sh sparc" # Trees to mirror # do_mirror rsync://debian.fastweb.it/debian/ \ /mnt/hd/debian-mirror/debian do_mirror rsync://debian.fastweb.it/debian-non-US/ \ /mnt/hd/debian-mirror/debian-non-US # End of customize section # --------------------------------------------------------------- exit 0