Vijay Avarachen wrote: > Stephen, > Actually I didn't have to do any of that...it was matter of > simply changing the rsync root. Here is my script: > > #!/bin/sh > EXCLUSION="/etc/rsync-exclude.list" > RSYNC_HOST="rsync.planetmirror.com <http://rsync.planetmirror.com>" > RSYNC_ROOT="centos/4.2/" > DESTINATION="/home/ftp/pub/Linux/CentOS/4.2/" > /usr/bin/rsync -aqzH --exclude-from=$EXCLUSION --delete > $RSYNC_HOST::$RSYNC_ROOT $DESTINATION > /bin/chown -R vijay.avarachen:spduslisadmins $DESTINATION The point that Stephen was trying to make is : with your rsync_root set to centos/4.2/ - when the next update is released, you will end up with a blank mirror. by setting it to centos/4/ you stay with the most recently released pkgs. -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq