>rsync'ing ain't working for me. Is this the right syntax? > >rsync -avrt rsync://mirror.ovh.net/centos/5.4/updates/i386 >--exclude=debug/ updates/ > >rsync: getaddrinfo: mirror.ovh.net 873: Temporary failure in name resolution ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Your dns isn't working for you:) But, rsync rsync://mirror.ovh.net ftp.apache.org CPAN ftp.kernel.org ftp.mysql.com ftp.postfix.org ftp.qmail.org ftp.xfree86.org gentoo-distfiles gentoo-portage debian debian-non-US ubuntu ftp.centos.org download.fedora.redhat.com opensuse ftp.slackware.com Your path is wrong anyway... rsync -avrt --exclude=debug/ rsync://mirror.ovh.net/ftp.centos.org/5/updates/ updates/