On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, you wrote: > > your syntax looks ok. > > I was using wget to mirror cooker, but found the following handicaps - I > could not specify the output directory, and wget did not delete old > packages. I've stopped using it after the initial download in favor of > mirrordir (which has its own quirks). > > -Gabi > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: stephen boulet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 7:26 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [expert] Using wget to mirror > > > > > > I was thinking of making the following a cron job and wanted > > to check the syntax: > > > > wget --mirror \ > > ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/cooker \ > > -o /home/stephen/cookerlog > > > > Can someone tell me how I tell wget where to put the cooker > > directory? Thanks. > > > > -- Stephen > > > > > > I use this one to keep up with the updates. Work well as a cron job - emails root to notify me of any new packages :). #! /bin/sh rsync -av ftp.sunet.se::Mandrake/updates/7.1/RPMS/ /extra/updates/ It can be run from anywhere if it's in your path and dumps everything in /extra/updates/ -- CYA, Muzza. Mandrake Linux 7.1 Current Linux uptime: 16 days 8 hours 31 minutes.
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