If the rsync inaccessibility will last longer I will switch to lftp, thanks for the info ;) Best regards, Rafal. 2013/2/26 John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>: > On 2/26/2013 12:55 AM, Rafał Radecki wrote: >> TCP port 873 (rsync) is closed on download.linux.hp.com for ~24 hours. >> Does anyone know why? A quick look in google has not helped to find >> the answer. > > I stopped using rsync for maintaining my own mirrors a few years ago due > to similar sorts of issues. instead, I use lftp, with this script... > > > > /usr/local/bin/lftp -c 'open ftp://mirrors.kernel.org && lcd > /export/mirror && mirror --continue --verbose=1 -x ia64 -x s390 -x s390x > -x alpha -x SRPMS centos' > > > which maintains a copy of whatever is on the centos directory of > ftp://mirrors.kernel.org in /export/mirror/centos, but not the itanium, > s390, alpha, or SRPMS... > > > > > -- > john r pierce 37N 122W > somewhere on the middle of the left coast > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos