[CentOS] rsync 5.1 base repo question

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 21:42 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> I have built my repo by copying the content of the ISO images, 
> maintaining the date.
> 
> When I test with:
> 
> rsync -avun rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.1/os/i386/ \
> --exclude=debug/ /repos/centos/5.1/os/i386
> 
> the only file listed is:
> 
> CentOS/yum-kernel-module-1.0.4-3.el5.centos.2.noarch.rpm
> 
> Which I did not get from the ISOs.
> 
> but if I leave off the -u option, the list is VERY long.  Why?
> 
> Also do I need to use the --delete option to get rid of rpms replaced 
> with newer versions?
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man rsync

-u, --update                skip files that are newer on the receiver

it won't copy the files that are the same

--delete   yes

it deletes files that don't exist anymore on server

heavily recommend dag's mrepo...it does all the heavy lifting for you

Craig