Ah! Thanks Karnbir. I will make the necessary changes to my script. Also now it explains why all those symlinks existed. On 1/6/06, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-mirror/attachments/20060106/2fc54d04/attachment-0004.html>