Re: mirror

[Martin Schulze <joey@carelia.infodrom.north.de>]

John Leget wrote:
> HI all,
> 
> Any mirror users out there, how do i force it to download the files that
> symlink's on a remote site point to, ive had no success, it just ignores
> them.

Normally mirror will only add the link if the file it points to
is also available on the local system.  This behaviour can be
modified:

       make_bad_symlinks
                      If true, symlinks will be made  to  invalid
                      (non-existent) pathnames.  Under older ver-
                      sions this defaulted to true.  [false]

       follow_local_symlinks
                      Regexp of pathnames that should be followed
                      to  the  file  or  directory they point at.
                      This makes local symlinks invisible to mir-
                      ror.  ['']
[..]
       If  the  remote  site  contains  symlinks that you want to
       "flatten out" into the corresponding files, then  do  this
       by changing the flags passed to the remote ls:
              flags_recursive+L
       or
              flags_nonrecursive+L

       First  test  this by trying a ls -lRatL on the remote site
       under the ftp command to check whether  the  remote  file-
       store has any symlink loops.

Regards,

	Joey

PS: man mirror could be your friend...
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