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? ---- 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