Re: Intelligent mirroring
On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 05:56:03PM +0200, Wessel Dankers wrote:
>
> This would prevent the typical inconsistencies that occur in a mirror
> during updating and which are the #1 reason for people to use some sort of
> slower master site: what good is a fast mirror if you get a bunch of 404's?
>
How about
cp -al debian debian.new # copy using hardlinks
rsync -a upstream::debian/ debian.new
mv debian debian.old ; mv debian.new debian # shorter race anyway
rm -rf debian.old
Also useful for vbackup-like rsync scripts.
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