On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 10:52:36PM +0100, Angel Gabriel wrote: > On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 17:48, Michael Stenner wrote: > > > > > The answer to this question and many others is.... rsync :) > > > > How would I use RSYNC to mirror a RH7.3 directory? Is it better to rsync > the directoy, or just the ISO's? I probably spoke a little too soon on that question. Rsync is almost always the best option if you CAN use rsync. This includes when you're mirroring someplace that runs an rsync server or when you have login access on both machines. Now, in response to your question... You can rsync whichever is most useful to you. It is comparably efficient in both cases. You should really just think of rsync as a fancy rcp (or scp) copy program that incorporates clever algorithms for updating similar files. rsync is not really useful when you copy something for the first time. wget will be just as good there. rsync really pays off when you want to mirror a large file (or set of files) that changes only small amounts. It will only transfer the stuff tha changes. If the original machine has an rsync server running, you should be able to connect to that. If you're doing it via login access, you can do something like this: rsync -avz -e /usr/bin/ssh host.foo.com:/etc ./foo-etc Specific syntax questions are addressed in the manpage. > All I want is an up2date set of the RH7.3 rpms in an accesible place so > that I can roll out installations via the network, as an when needed. That should be no problem. -Michael -- Michael Stenner Office Phone: 919-660-2513 Duke University, Dept. of Physics mstenner@xxxxxxxxxxxx Box 90305, Durham N.C. 27708-0305
