rsync --delete
Hi, Rsync. I want to help rsink delete a folder with a large number of files and folders. Tried this: rsync -a --no-D --delete /dev/null /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ skipping non-regular file null rsync -a --no-D --delete /dev/zero /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ skipping non-regular file zero That's how it turns out rsync -a --delete /empty_folder/ /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ But this option is not satisfied as if the disk is 100% filled to create an empty folder does not work mkdir /empty folder/ Disk quota ekstseeded Got an error. find /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ -delete I know not suitable rm -rf /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ is also not suitable How to do it differently? -- Sincerely, Dugin Sergey mailto: d...@qwarta.ru QWARTA -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Rsync a directory via a linked name.
Hi all, See the following for detail: $ rsync -l ftp.cn.debian.org::debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-amd64/ [snip] drwxr-sr-x 4,096 2015/01/10 18:17:33 . lrwxrwxrwx 18 2015/01/10 18:16:31 current - 20130613+deb7u2 +b4 drwxr-xr-x 4,096 2013/05/01 05:33:52 20130430 drwxr-sr-x 4,096 2015/01/05 17:25:32 20130613+deb7u2+b4 In the above case, the current is a link to 20130613+deb7u2, I want to use the name of link directory, i.e., current, to retrieve the correspond stuff from remote server to my local host. At the same time, exclude all of the other stuff in the installer-amd64 directory, for this case, it should be the directory 20130430. Considering that the sub-directories in installer-amd64 are often be renamed except the link directory name `current', so I want to only use the `current' as the directory name in my include/exclude rules for the above jobs. Any hints on how to write this rsync rules? Regards -- .: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: rsync --delete
Wow, it took me a few seconds to figure out what you were trying to do. What's wrong with rm? Also I think trying to leverage the side of disqualifying all source files just to get the delete effect (very clever but somewhat obtuse!) risks creating a temporary file of some kind in the target at the start of the operation, and if you cant even mkdir then that exceeds disk quota immediately and fails. /kc On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 12:20:52PM +0300, ? ?? said: Hi, Rsync. I want to help rsink delete a folder with a large number of files and folders. Tried this: rsync -a --no-D --delete /dev/null /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ skipping non-regular file null rsync -a --no-D --delete /dev/zero /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ skipping non-regular file zero That's how it turns out rsync -a --delete /empty_folder/ /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ But this option is not satisfied as if the disk is 100% filled to create an empty folder does not work mkdir /empty folder/ Disk quota ekstseeded Got an error. find /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ -delete I know not suitable rm -rf /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ is also not suitable How to do it differently? -- Sincerely, Dugin Sergey mailto: d...@qwarta.ru QWARTA -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- Ken Chase - k...@heavycomputing.ca skype:kenchase23 +1 416 897 6284 Toronto Canada Heavy Computing - Clued bandwidth, colocation and managed linux VPS @151 Front St. W. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Rsync a directory via a linked name.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Just go 1 deeper for your source: rsync -l ftp.cn.debian.org::debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-amd64/current/ On 04/16/2015 06:21 AM, Hongyi Zhao wrote: Hi all, See the following for detail: $ rsync -l ftp.cn.debian.org::debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-amd64/ [snip] drwxr-sr-x 4,096 2015/01/10 18:17:33 . lrwxrwxrwx 18 2015/01/10 18:16:31 current - 20130613+deb7u2 +b4 drwxr-xr-x 4,096 2013/05/01 05:33:52 20130430 drwxr-sr-x 4,096 2015/01/05 17:25:32 20130613+deb7u2+b4 In the above case, the current is a link to 20130613+deb7u2, I want to use the name of link directory, i.e., current, to retrieve the correspond stuff from remote server to my local host. At the same time, exclude all of the other stuff in the installer-amd64 directory, for this case, it should be the directory 20130430. Considering that the sub-directories in installer-amd64 are often be renamed except the link directory name `current', so I want to only use the `current' as the directory name in my include/exclude rules for the above jobs. Any hints on how to write this rsync rules? Regards - -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Kevin Korb Phone:(407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Floridak...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlUv018ACgkQVKC1jlbQAQfxsgCcDRssw7zIMHzmjhwTt/PINj7t EM0AnRckJoeebESMugMkzua7YXQYpoUM =1JSQ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: rsync --delete
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I don't understand what is wrong with rm either. But if you must have an empty directory is there a tmpfs where you can make one? Is there already an empty one like /var/empty? On 04/16/2015 10:13 AM, Ken Chase wrote: Wow, it took me a few seconds to figure out what you were trying to do. What's wrong with rm? Also I think trying to leverage the side of disqualifying all source files just to get the delete effect (very clever but somewhat obtuse!) risks creating a temporary file of some kind in the target at the start of the operation, and if you cant even mkdir then that exceeds disk quota immediately and fails. /kc On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 12:20:52PM +0300, ? ?? said: Hi, Rsync. I want to help rsink delete a folder with a large number of files and folders. Tried this: rsync -a --no-D --delete /dev/null /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ skipping non-regular file null rsync -a --no-D --delete /dev/zero /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ skipping non-regular file zero That's how it turns out rsync -a --delete /empty_folder/ /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ But this option is not satisfied as if the disk is 100% filled to create an empty folder does not work mkdir /empty folder/ Disk quota ekstseeded Got an error. find /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ -delete I know not suitable rm -rf /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ is also not suitable How to do it differently? -- Sincerely, Dugin Sergey mailto: d...@qwarta.ru QWARTA -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html - -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Kevin Korb Phone:(407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Floridak...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlUv1A8ACgkQVKC1jlbQAQfaGACfR7g0t19aeY5KiUTcsxBJqEVy tjcAnR63Viq8B0NZ4p+GgwMO+ZENjdPZ =aHlw -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: rsync --delete
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I thought of something else if it must be rsync that is used... rsync -a --delete --exclude='*' --delete-excluded /anywhere/ /stuff/to/delete/ That would empty the target dir regardless of what is in the source dir. I would still like to hear how that is any different than rm. On 04/16/2015 11:28 AM, Ken Chase wrote: problem is he's trying to rsync into the target dir and have the side effect of delete. so an empty dir would necessarily need to be in the target of course and thus created there, triggering the quota block. he tried to avoid this by using device files then 'blocking all device files' but i think rsync figures out first there's nothing to do, so it just stops and doesnt do the delete. wonder if --delete-first would help there perhaps. however, this is a REALLY obtuse way of running rm. unless of course he's trying to inject some kinda options into a script that can only run rsync or something wonky like that. /kc On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 11:23:59AM -0400, Kevin Korb said: I don't understand what is wrong with rm either. But if you must have an empty directory is there a tmpfs where you can make one? Is there already an empty one like /var/empty? On 04/16/2015 10:13 AM, Ken Chase wrote: Wow, it took me a few seconds to figure out what you were trying to do. What's wrong with rm? Also I think trying to leverage the side of disqualifying all source files just to get the delete effect (very clever but somewhat obtuse!) risks creating a temporary file of some kind in the target at the start of the operation, and if you cant even mkdir then that exceeds disk quota immediately and fails. /kc On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 12:20:52PM +0300, ? ?? said: Hi, Rsync. I want to help rsink delete a folder with a large number of files and folders. Tried this: rsync -a --no-D --delete /dev/null /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ skipping non-regular file null rsync -a --no-D --delete /dev/zero /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ skipping non-regular file zero That's how it turns out rsync -a --delete /empty_folder/ /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ But this option is not satisfied as if the disk is 100% filled to create an empty folder does not work mkdir /empty folder/ Disk quota ekstseeded Got an error. find /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ -delete I know not suitable rm -rf /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ is also not suitable How to do it differently? -- Sincerely, Dugin Sergey mailto: d...@qwarta.ru QWARTA -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html - -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Kevin Korb Phone:(407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Floridak...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlUv2JwACgkQVKC1jlbQAQdV8wCfZnxIDPGGj+OiAYb5RDc61OOx PwAAnj2WkSoEUhZsd6g1yMmFNCMrmhqs =oH1r -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: rsync --delete
problem is he's trying to rsync into the target dir and have the side effect of delete. so an empty dir would necessarily need to be in the target of course and thus created there, triggering the quota block. he tried to avoid this by using device files then 'blocking all device files' but i think rsync figures out first there's nothing to do, so it just stops and doesnt do the delete. wonder if --delete-first would help there perhaps. however, this is a REALLY obtuse way of running rm. unless of course he's trying to inject some kinda options into a script that can only run rsync or something wonky like that. /kc On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 11:23:59AM -0400, Kevin Korb said: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I don't understand what is wrong with rm either. But if you must have an empty directory is there a tmpfs where you can make one? Is there already an empty one like /var/empty? On 04/16/2015 10:13 AM, Ken Chase wrote: Wow, it took me a few seconds to figure out what you were trying to do. What's wrong with rm? Also I think trying to leverage the side of disqualifying all source files just to get the delete effect (very clever but somewhat obtuse!) risks creating a temporary file of some kind in the target at the start of the operation, and if you cant even mkdir then that exceeds disk quota immediately and fails. /kc On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 12:20:52PM +0300, ? ?? said: Hi, Rsync. I want to help rsink delete a folder with a large number of files and folders. Tried this: rsync -a --no-D --delete /dev/null /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ skipping non-regular file null rsync -a --no-D --delete /dev/zero /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ skipping non-regular file zero That's how it turns out rsync -a --delete /empty_folder/ /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ But this option is not satisfied as if the disk is 100% filled to create an empty folder does not work mkdir /empty folder/ Disk quota ekstseeded Got an error. find /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ -delete I know not suitable rm -rf /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ is also not suitable How to do it differently? -- Sincerely, Dugin Sergey mailto: d...@qwarta.ru QWARTA -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html - -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Kevin Korb Phone:(407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Floridak...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlUv1A8ACgkQVKC1jlbQAQfaGACfR7g0t19aeY5KiUTcsxBJqEVy tjcAnR63Viq8B0NZ4p+GgwMO+ZENjdPZ =aHlw -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- Ken Chase - k...@heavycomputing.ca -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: rsync --delete
On 16.04.2015 12:20, ? ?? wrote: Hi, Rsync. find /home/rc-41/data/061/2015-04-01-07-04/ -delete I know not suitable -mindepth 1 ? That deletes the whole contents, but doesn't delete the folder itself. -- Matthias -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Recycling directories and backup performance. Was: Re: rsync --link-dest won't link even if existing file is out of date (fwd)
How do you handle snapshotting? or do you leave that to the block/fs virtualization layer? /kc On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 01:35:27PM +1200, Henri Shustak said: Our backup procudures have provision for looking back at previous directories, but there is not much to be gained with recycled directories. Without recycling, and after a failure, the latest available backup may not have much in it. Just wanted to point out that LBackup has a number of checks in place to detect failures during a backup. If this happens, then that backup is not labeled as a successful snapshot. At present, when the next snap shot is started, the previous incomplete snapshot(s) are not used as a link-dest source. As mentioned, this is something I have been looking at for a while. However, there are some edge cases which need to be handled carefully if you use incomplete backups as a link-dest source. I am sure these problems are all contractable, I have simply not spend enough time. - This email is protected by LBackup, an open source backup solution. http://www.lbackup.org -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- Ken Chase - k...@heavycomputing.ca skype:kenchase23 +1 416 897 6284 Toronto Canada Heavy Computing - Clued bandwidth, colocation and managed linux VPS @151 Front St. W. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Recycling directories and backup performance. Was: Re: rsync --link-dest won't link even if existing file is out of date (fwd)
Our backup procudures have provision for looking back at previous directories, but there is not much to be gained with recycled directories. Without recycling, and after a failure, the latest available backup may not have much in it. Just wanted to point out that LBackup has a number of checks in place to detect failures during a backup. If this happens, then that backup is not labeled as a successful snapshot. At present, when the next snap shot is started, the previous incomplete snapshot(s) are not used as a link-dest source. As mentioned, this is something I have been looking at for a while. However, there are some edge cases which need to be handled carefully if you use incomplete backups as a link-dest source. I am sure these problems are all contractable, I have simply not spend enough time. - This email is protected by LBackup, an open source backup solution. http://www.lbackup.org -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Rsync a directory via a linked name.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Always have either --times or --archives. Otherwise rsync will have no idea what needs updating when you run it again. On 04/16/2015 08:07 PM, Hongyi Zhao wrote: On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:21:03 -0400, Kevin Korb wrote: Just go 1 deeper for your source: rsync -l ftp.cn.debian.org::debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-amd64/current/ Yes, I've tried this before. But I also use the `--delete --delete- excluded' with the above options. And finally I found that the current will not be retrieved, in fact it will be deleted at the end. Then I noted the following args of rsync: -L, --copy-linkstransform symlink into referent file/dir -K, --keep-dirlinks treat symlinked dir on receiver as dir So I finally use the command like this and it does the trick: rsync -rlKLPv --delete --delete-excluded \ ftp.cn.debian.org::debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-amd64/current/ But, even though, I cann't figure out whether the method used by me is the most appropriate method or not for this case. Regards - -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Kevin Korb Phone:(407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Floridak...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlUwT1cACgkQVKC1jlbQAQc46QCgocsn498C0Q3w7t2glHO7/12X +r0AoNozy4/ercYd+3gqQ1eEMd9BdWIC =WGo0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Rsync a directory via a linked name.
On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:09:59 -0400, Kevin Korb wrote: Always have either --times or --archives. Otherwise rsync will have no idea what needs updating when you run it again. Thanks for your hints. Regards -- .: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Recycling directories and backup performance. Was: Re: rsync --link-dest won't link even if existing file is out of date (fwd)
How do you handle snapshotting? or do you leave that to the block/fs virtualization layer? I am guessing this question is directed at me. Firstly, when I used the word snapshot, I was referring to the snapshot in the LBackup context. It is outlined at the following page http://www.lbackup.org/hard-links. As such, it is not a file system snapshot (unless you use the scripting subsystem) it is instead a backup made at a specific date and time. Secondly, if you are using the scripting subsystem to take an actual snapshot and then possibly mount this and then use LBackup to take a snapshot of that then this uses the file system virtualization layer. Apologies for the confusion using this word has caused. It is simply a snapshot as described and referenced though out the LBackup documentation. Let me know if further clarification is required. This email is protected by LBackup, an open source backup solution http://www.lbackup.org -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Rsync a directory via a linked name.
On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:21:03 -0400, Kevin Korb wrote: Just go 1 deeper for your source: rsync -l ftp.cn.debian.org::debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-amd64/current/ Yes, I've tried this before. But I also use the `--delete --delete- excluded' with the above options. And finally I found that the current will not be retrieved, in fact it will be deleted at the end. Then I noted the following args of rsync: -L, --copy-linkstransform symlink into referent file/dir -K, --keep-dirlinks treat symlinked dir on receiver as dir So I finally use the command like this and it does the trick: rsync -rlKLPv --delete --delete-excluded \ ftp.cn.debian.org::debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-amd64/current/ But, even though, I cann't figure out whether the method used by me is the most appropriate method or not for this case. Regards -- .: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html