Re: [expert] MIRRORDIR and COPYDIR don't work right

2000-11-13 Thread Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mirrordir *isn't* broken. It's designed to do exactly what it says, create a mirror. That means it recreates the directory structure exactly as it is on the source machine, under the specified target directory (in your case /tmp). It may not be what you want, but that's what it's supposed

Re: [expert] MIRRORDIR and COPYDIR don't work right!

2000-11-12 Thread Ron Stodden
"Bob Puff@NLE" wrote: try rsync, wget, fmirror I will check into those. I have been using WGET, and it works, but my main beef is that it seems to recreate the entire source directory tree at my destination, even if I specify the destination. Tried a bunch of switches, and couldn't get

Re: [expert] MIRRORDIR and COPYDIR don't work right!

2000-11-11 Thread eric
Ron Stodden wrote: eric wrote: Is that in ftp session? they are not work when I try to download a whole directory , i.e. RPMS base mdkinst The various ftp applications have nothing to do with using rsync, wget, or fmirror - they are all much better alternatives to ftp

Re: [expert] MIRRORDIR and COPYDIR don't work right!

2000-11-11 Thread pgeorges
eric a écrit : I also tried wget ftp.twoguys.org/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/7.2/i586/Mandrake Mandrake fmirror ftp.twoguys.org/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/7.2/i586/Mandrake Mandrake they all not work so how should I get that directory in ftp site to my local directory?

Re: [expert] MIRRORDIR and COPYDIR don't work right!

2000-11-11 Thread Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]
try rsync, wget, fmirror I will check into those. I have been using WGET, and it works, but my main beef is that it seems to recreate the entire source directory tree at my destination, even if I specify the destination. Tried a bunch of switches, and couldn't get it NOT do do that.

Re: [expert] MIRRORDIR and COPYDIR don't work right!

2000-11-11 Thread Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Try this : mirrordir -v --no-chown --exclude-glob ".in.*" \ ftp://ftp.ciril.fr/pub/linux/mandrake-devel/cooker/ \ /mnt/linux2/ (change the last directory to your own destination). FWIW, I just tried this. It seems to put the files in the right place, but I'm still getting all sorts of

Re: [expert] MIRRORDIR and COPYDIR don't work right!

2000-11-11 Thread Ian Land
mirrordir *isn't* broken. It's designed to do exactly what it says, create a mirror. That means it recreates the directory structure exactly as it is on the source machine, under the specified target directory (in your case /tmp). It may not be what you want, but that's what it's supposed to

[expert] MIRRORDIR and COPYDIR don't work right!

2000-11-10 Thread Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello, I'm trying to use COPYDIR (or MIRRORDIR) to copy an entire web site from one server to mine. I am using the syntax: copydir -v ftp://username@domain name//home/user/www /home/user/http The program starts, asks for my password, then starts copying files. However, it tries to copy a

Re: [expert] MIRRORDIR and COPYDIR don't work right!

2000-11-10 Thread Ron Stodden
"Bob Puff@NLE" wrote: What's going on? Is there another program that I can use that would do the same thing? Yes. Use rsync or wget or fmirror. All are in a Mandrake installation. -- Regards, Ron. [AU] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: [expert] MIRRORDIR and COPYDIR don't work right!

2000-11-10 Thread eric
Dear Ron: Is that in ftp session? they are not work when I try to download a whole directory , i.e. RPMS base mdkinst etc. hope to get your help eric Ron Stodden wrote: "Bob Puff@NLE" wrote: What's going on? Is there another program that I can use that would do the same thing?