At 04:20 PM 4/5/01 -0700, Harry Putnam wrote:
>I never heard of anonftpsync and really don't think I want to get into
>yet another confusing tool. I couldn't follow your tips and clues.
>What is actually happening there? You run two different syncing tools
>on the same stuff or what?
>
>The exclude rules in your first section look like the ones I'm
>interested in, is that rsync or something else.
>
>At any rate those rules *DO NOT* show the files/directories being
>ignored when run with `-n' option.
I don't think the files/directories are ignored just excluded from being
rsync. It may create the dirs, but mine are all empty.
Anonftpsync is a shell script that calls rsync. It has worked rather well
for me.
Realize that this script although generic is intended to mirror debian ftp
servers by using rsync. It checks for a lock file to make sure a previous
rsync is not still running and it creates a new log file for every run.
I did not write the script I just use it. It is part of the debian gnu
distribution and my understanding is that it is open source. The url for
the script is
http://www.debian.org/mirror/anonftpsync
It is heavily commented and is only 66 lines. Only about 36 are used. If
you read the whole script, you will get the idea. Add my exclude (plus a
tweak or 2) and you will be mirroring the stable, testing and unstable i386
files.
Hope this helps
Scott S.
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