On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 10:48:04PM -0500, David A. Desrosiers wrote:
I just took a few minutes to check the mirror list (mostly because the ibiblio rsync mirror is now so slow, a 9600 modem would be faster at sending bits across).
Incidentally, the Gutenberg rsync page[1] could use a minor optimization/update to reflect shorter, more-concise rsync options.
Currently, it states:
rsync -rlHtSv --delete
Those can be shortened to:
# or HavS/SHav if its easier to remember rsync -avHS --delete
In my own case, I also use -z and --partial, and exclude many of the files that aren't necessary to pull across for my mirror (the DVD and enormous genome datafiles, for example).
I've been using this for my mirrors, and it works well. I've updated the mirror-howto accordingly. Thanks! -- Greg