Well, it's not a guarantee, but I do this...
I point my web browser to the FTP server, and cut and paste the directory
listing into a file on my Linux box. I use the filename of "tmp". Then, I
do an "ls -l>lsl" command. Then I run this REXX script:
#!/usr/local/bin/regina
/* rexx */
trace e
'rm tmpo lslo'
infile1="tmp"
infile2="lsl"
outfile1="tmpo"
outfile2="lslo"
do i=1 by 1 while lines(infile1)>0
inline=linein(infile1)
parse var inline arg1 arg2 size arg4 arg5 arg6 arg7 name rest
outline=size" "name
call lineout outfile1,outline
end i
do j=1 by 1 while lines(infile2)>0
inline2=linein(infile2)
parse var inline2 arg1 arg2 arg3 arg4 size arg6 arg7 arg8 name rest
outline=size" "name
call lineout outfile2,outline
end j;
'rm lsl'
Then I do this:
diff tmpo lslo | grep rpm
Anything that pops out needs to be (re-)downloaded.
Mark Post
-----Original Message-----
From: Rod Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 10:38 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Red Hat GA FTP Pointer
When I have tried to download all the individual files, I have always had
problems with the thing dying in the middle some where. Then it is hard to
know what is missing or if it is complete. With the .iso files, when I get
done I can to an md5sum on three or four files and verify that it is ok.
How do you verify that you have all the files, and they are correct, when
you have a ton of them?
>Not at all. The entire distribution is there on Red Hat's web site,
>available for download. The only thing that is "missing" are the .iso
>files, which are only a convenience for some people.
>
>I download .iso files when I want to create a canonical reference of what
>was on a distribution, i.e., the CDs as they're laid out by the creator of
>the distribution. When I want to download something to _use_ (and quickly)
>I download the individual packages. It's can be very difficult to download
>multiple 650MB images without errors, retries, etc. I'm not sure why the
>practice started, but the files are certainly not necessary for the
>distribution to be usable.
>
>Mark Post
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Hines Daniel (sys1dmh) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 2:33 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Red Hat GA FTP Pointer
>
>
>Perhaps Red Hat will follow Suse's policy - you must pay to play for the
>latest release .....
>
>Dan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rod Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 2:09 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Red Hat GA FTP Pointer
>
>
>Mark:
>
>I tried that address, but where are the .iso images?
>
>Thanks,
>Rod
>
>>Just in case anyone needed a pointer to the Red Hat GA files, here it is.
>I
>>did not see any .iso files on the site for this version.
>>
>>ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.2/en/os/s390/
>>
>>Mark Post
>
>
>--
>Rod Clayton KA3BHY
>Systems Programmer
>Howard County Public Schools
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Rod Clayton KA3BHY
Systems Programmer
Howard County Public Schools
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