Notice to all. troels.rsync5.pl (a Perl script) is an rsync-based free GPL program customised for efficiently and quickly downloading Mandrake trees and iso images. It has the following features over and above raw rsync to speed things up considerably: 1. Local files that match the server file except for version number and patch level are renamed to match the server's file name. This clever trick makes rsync use its inbuilt patch-in-place facility instead of doing a complete new download of that file. 2. A prebuilt rsync_exclude file is supplied. This contains the file names to be excluded from the download. This is pre-setup to exclude all RPMs supporting locales other than English (this alone saves 250 MB on a Cooker download), and is up to date. 3. Broken servers are handled correctly - rsync does not. This latest revision of this program is now available for download from: http://ains.net.au/~ronst/ Make sure you read the readme.html and make sure you register with NetMind at the bottom of the readme page. This is the only way that existing users will receive notification of changes in future. If you previously registered on the old web page, you will have to re-register for this new web page. Note: Because of the greatly differing directory structures between the mirrors you must firstly set up your local downloading area directory structures as you want them. My recommendation, which corresponds with the supplied template lines, is in the readme. Then edit the troels.rsync5.pl script with the servers, server directory structures, and local file directory structures you will be using. How to do this is explained in the readme.html file. Many standard template lines are included in the 'main program' section of this Perl script as these templates for you. As supplied initially, ALL are commented out. You just have to uncomment the ones you want to download. Tip: If you are set to download the beta iso images and have already downloaded: MandrakeLinux-8.1-Raklet-beta2-CD1.i586.iso MandrakeLinux-8.1-Raklet-beta2-CD2.i586.iso note that beta3 is now out. Because troels,rsync3.pl does not yet do an upnaming on these iso images, it is recommended that you do it manually BEFORE your next troels.rsync5.pl run. Change them to: MandrakeLinux-8.1-Raklet-beta3-CD1.i586.iso MandrakeLinux-8.1-Raklet-beta3-CD2.i586.iso This will enable rsysnc to try to use its patch-in-place algorithm. Use rsync to make a backup first in case your mirror does not yet have beta3. Enjoy! -- Ron. [au] Kindly note my new email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and new web site: http://www.ains.net.au/~ronst/
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