I made my own lockfiles, and I know they're not as robust as they should be, but I did it in a hurry, and so far they've worked. #!/bin/bash if [ -f /root/rsync-scripts/centos.lockfile ] then echo "lock file exists, exiting..." exit fi #echo "creating lock file..." touch /root/rsync-scripts/centos.lockfile rsync -aqzH --partial --delete us-msync.centos.org::CentOS /home/ftp/pub/CentOS rm -f /root/rsync-scripts/centos.lockfile ~Will Karanbir Singh wrote: > Mote, Ty R. wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> I am new to the idea of mirroring, but I want to support CentOS by >> sharing some of my bandwidth. I have read over the CentOS Mirroring >> HowTo and set everything up as it states. However, the instructions >> suggest that the reader contacts the mailing list for additional >> instructions for using "lock files", etc. >> > > why not use a CentOS machine ? > -- William Dunn Unix / Linux Administrator Virginia Tech Computer Science Department wdunn at cs.vt.edu / 540-231-3167