Downloaded updates from FC2
James Mckenzie
jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net
Fri Oct 29 15:03:47 UTC 2004
On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 16:30 -0500, akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
> It is a matter of download speed from a local machine versus a remote
> mirror. We update 60 machines so the time difference would be
> significant.
Something as simple as this:
# rsync -av ftp://SERVER/PATH/ /local/updates/
can be run from cron once or twice a day. Then you automatically have
*all* updates for that Fedora version on one box, downloaded exactly
once. And rsync will keep that directory updated for you.
All:
Just make sure the Server allows rsync. I look at the mirrors.txt file at downloads.fedora.redhat.com and look for rsync BEFORE starting. I know that mirrors.kernel.org does. Otherwise you might not be able to get the files (at best) or get a nastygram from the system administrator that states you are attempting an unauthorized action towards/against their system (at worst). In either case, you did not complete what you attempted.
James McKenzie
James McKenzie
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