On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Thomas D. Nadeau <tnadeau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > you forgot the cron job instructions too. and while you're at it, how to set up Dropbox. ;) jesus christmas... 30 7 * * * /home/morrowc/scripts/ietf/internet-drafts-mirror.sh > /tmp/rfc-sync.log 2>&1 apt-get install dropbpx > On Mar 15, 2013, at 3:25 PM, Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Dale R. Worley <worley@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> From: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@xxxxxxxxx> >>>> >>>> curious why rsync doesn't also seem 'straightforward' and 'well >>>> supported' ? >>> >>> Is this an advocacy of a particular tool? Or are you asserting that >>> rsync can be used to maintain a directory of RFCs? If the latter, >>> could you supply some details (including, especially, how to get at >>> the public repository)? >> >> /home/morrowc/scripts/ietf/internet-drafts-mirror.sh >> >> has in it: >> #!/bin/sh >> # >> # Location local: /prod/docs.as701.net/internet-drafts >> # internet-drafts location: ftp.rfc-editor.org:: >> DST=<WHERETOPUTYOURSTUFF> >> SRC="ftp.rfc-editor.org::" >> RSYNC=/usr/bin/rsync >> REPOS="rfcs-text-only ids-text-only" >> for repo in ${REPOS} ; do >> ${RSYNC} --delete -rpva ftp.rfc-editor.org::${repo} ${DST}/${repo} >> done >> >> >> I'm not sure why I was so lazy.. but there it is. >>