replicating a complete directory via ftp

[Net Llama!]

On 11/27/03 08:44, Collins Richey wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 07:56:59 -0800 "Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>>On 11/27/03 07:49, Collins Richey wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I noticed yesterday that SUSE has released a freely downloadable basic
>>>version of 9.0, but no isos.  So I thought I would just download the set of
>>>directories to disk.
>>>
>>>After a brief RTFM, I'm confused.  What is the easy way to replicate a site
>>>like this on disk (I have the space)? - rsync, or ???
>>
>>rsync would definitely be the easiest way.  you could possibly also use 
>>wget. It depends on whether they support ftp, rsync, http or a combo of the 
>>three.
>>
> 
> 
> The listed site is ftp://...

then 'wget --mirror' would be the route to take.  of course they might 
still support rsync, and just not clearly advertise it.  can you telnet to 
port 873 on their box (the rsync port)?

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