Ah! Thank God there is a inclusion option in exclusion list :-) http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Exclude_categories_from_emerge_sync #INCLUSIONS #Only get i386, ia64, x86_64 + updates/i386** + updates/ia64** + updates/x86_64** #EXCLUSIONS Readme.txt addons/ apt/ centosplus/ contrib/ csgfs/ docs/ extras/ isos/ os/ testing/ SRPMS/ alpha/ ppc/ s390/ s390x/ Thanks, Vijay Avarachen On 1/5/06, Vijay Avarachen <vavarachen at gmail.com> wrote: > > Stephen, > Thank you very much for your help. It works pretty good :-) but has > a few glitches. I read the rsync man pages and according to it the > exclusion list contains files and folder name patterns to be excluded. The > exclusion works but it still creates symlinks :-( > $ du -s -h * > 0 2 > 0 3 > 0 3.1 > 0 3.3 > 0 3.4 > 0 3.5 > 0 4 > 439M 4.2 > 0 RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-2 > 4.0K RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 > 0 RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-4 > 4.0K TIME > 4.0K timestamp.txt > > Is there a way to stop it from creating these symlinks that dont' point to > anything. Here is my exclusion list: > /2.1/ > /2/ > /3.1/ > /3.3/ > /3.4/ > /3.5/ > /3.6/ > /3/ > /4/ > /4.0/ > /4.1/ > /4.3beta/ > /HEADER.images/ > /RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-2/ > /RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-4/ > /build/ > /graphics/ > /HEADER.html/ > /RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-3/ > /RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-4/ > > #4.2 excludes > /4.2/Readme.txt > /4.2/addons/ > /4.2/apt/ > /4.2/centosplus/ > /4.2/contrib/ > /4.2/csgfs/ > /4.2/docs/ > /4.2/extras/ > /4.2/isos/ > /4.2/os/ > /4.2/testing/ > #Only get i386, ia64, x86_64 > /4.2/updates/SRPMS/ > /4.2/updates/alpha/ > /4.2/updates/ppc/ > /4.2/updates/s390/ > /4.2/updates/s390x/ > > Thanks, > Vijay Avarachen > > On 1/5/06, Stephen Weyland <stephen.weyland at mercuryblue.com.au> wrote: > > > > Vijay Avarachen wrote: > > > > Hello, > > My environment is using CentOS 4.2 on all workstations and I would > > like to setup a local mirror just for the updates. I only x86, x86_64 and > > ia64 architectures. How can I setup a rsync mirror of the updates folder > > for only these architectures? I am very new to rsync, so please apologize > > if this is a very ignorant question. > > > > I just finished figuring this out and documenting, so here you go. You > > can probably fine tune it as this is my first attempt. > > > > ### How to use rsync to create a local mirror of the insallation files > > for CentOS, of course this could be used for anything else with > > modifications. > > ### We are going to create 2 files and edit a 3rd > > ### 1- Create a directory to store some files in. > > ### 2- A script to run rsync --- "update.sh" > > ### 3- An exclusion list so we don't download a bunch of stuff we don't > > want --- "rsync-exclude.list" > > ### 4- We need to schedule the update to run by modifying --- > > /etc/crontab, (crontab -e would be better) > > > > 1- Create a directory to store the files "update.sh" and " > > rsync-exclude.list" > > mkdir /opt/mirror > > > > 2- Create "update.sh" script to run rsync > > # See a list of mirrors at > > http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=13 > > # --delete means delete files locally that no longer exist on the mirror > > vi /opt/mirror/update.sh > > rsync -aqzH --exclude-from=/opt/mirror/rsync-exclude.list --delete > > rsync.planetmirror.com::centos /var/ftp/pub/centos/ > > # make it executable > > chmod 700 /opt/mirror/update.sh > > > > 3- Create an exclude list > > vi /opt/mirror/rsync-exclude.list > > # add a list of the files you want to be excluded in the rsync process > > # files with a slash at the beginning are referenced to the root of the > > rsync directory you connected to. > > # in this case rsync.planetmirror.com/centos (the ::centos above is the > > /centos here) > > # files with a trailing slash indicate any directory with that name > > anywhere. e.g "apt/" will skip any directory in any sub-tree named apt > > > > /2.1/ > > /2/ > > /3.1/ > > /3.3/ > > /3.4/ > > /3.5/ > > /3.6/ > > /3/ > > # The following need to be excluded from /4/ > > apt/ > > docs/ > > isos/ > > # The following need to be excluded from all directories they are > > present in, like /4/os/ and /4/updates/ ... We only want the i386 > > directory. > > SRPMS/ > > alpha/ > > ia64/ > > ppc/ > > s390/ > > s390x/ > > x86_64/ > > > > > > > > 4- Add a line to /etc/crontab to run the job once a day or once a week > > or whenever, the following shows run on the 1st minute, 1st hour, Sunday > > > > 1 1 * * sun root /opt/mirror/update.sh > > > > Thank you, > > Vijay Avarachen > > > > -- > > "Knowledge is the only wealth that grows as you spend it, and diminishes > > as you save it." > > -- ancient Sanskrit saying > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS-mirror mailing list > > CentOS-mirror at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-mirror > > > > > > > > -- > > Stephen Weyland > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS-mirror mailing list > > CentOS-mirror at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-mirror > > > > > > > > > -- > "Knowledge is the only wealth that grows as you spend it, and diminishes > as you save it." > -- ancient Sanskrit saying > -- "Knowledge is the only wealth that grows as you spend it, and diminishes as you save it." -- ancient Sanskrit saying -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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