[Yum] rsync syntax confusion

seth vidal skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Fri Oct 10 20:35:47 UTC 2003


> Since the syntax is rsync -auv SERVERNAME::MODULE /local/ftp/path, how do I
> know what MODULE name to choose at Duke? The
> server lists several possibilities (archive, redhat-ftp, redhat-base,
> redhat-beta, redhat-rawhide, redhat-updates, redhat-contrib), but
> is redhat-base what I should choose for the base archive mirror? Or is
> redhat-ftp my choice? What's the difference?
> 
> Finally, here is my failing rsync syntax for base. What am I doing wrong
> here? It looks like the path after MODULE is wrong to me.
> 
> rsync -auv
> mirror.dulug.duke.edu::redhat-base/pub/yum-repository/redhat/9.0/i386
> /ftp/pub/9/base


change redhat-base to archive and you'll have it.

-sv





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