[IMC-Tech] Re: new pushtoeye.pl script installed

Michael deBeer madebeer at igc.org
Sun, 31 Dec 2000 22:29:52 -0800 (PST)


Micah wrote:

> i also hacked the C code for the copydir (aka mirrordir) program that
> is called by pushtoeye.pl to do all the heavy lifting. i think i have
> patched it so that it won't make an ftp connection unless there are
> actually files to consider mirroring. this should cut down the number
> of ftp connections to loudeye by (total rough guess) about 90%, and
> make troy happy. :)
 
Have you looked at rsync for mirroring? rsync.samba.org 

rsync is a very good utility for copying only the files that need to be
copied, removing local files once they aren't on the remote servers,
etc...  It is quite flexible and super fast.

Michael