[DECtalk] Mirror script disabled again
Tony Baechler
tony at baechler.net
Fri Apr 22 22:44:48 EDT 2005
Hi Jayson. There are two possible solutions. One is to use wget, the
other is to use a different mirroring program. I will address both below.
Yes, I know you don't want to use wget. However, if you study the help,
there is a way to get it to not go above a certain directory level. I
don't remember what it is. Also it has commands built-in for mirroring. I
used it to grab everything from your mirror. I have mirrored other large
archives in this way too. The main thing I don't like about wget is that
if one directory name changes, it gets everything all over again and eats
up way too much bandwidth and disk space. There is a --no-clobber switch
which helps, but that just prevents files from being overwritten.
The second way is to use a program called Mirror. It is written in perl
and can probably be found in CPAN. I think the official site is either ftp
to sunsite.org.uk or src.doc.ic.ac.uk. Either way, it is in the
/packages/mirror directory. I looked at it once and didn't like it, but I
never actually used it. I think wget works better if you take the time to
look at the help, besides it can run in the background.
Tony Baechler
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