From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from concerto.rednote.net ([66.92.170.139]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1D4lRy-0001R5-00 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:48:34 -0500 Received: from concerto.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j1PJmXPX030368 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:48:33 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j1PJmXXS030367 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:48:33 -0500 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:48:33 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050225194833.GT24987@rednote.net> References: <20050225184157.GA4377@blackbox> <200502251846.j1PIk8UA014772@uni01mr.unity.ncsu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200502251846.j1PIk8UA014772@uni01mr.unity.ncsu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 2.6.10-1.760_FC3spksmp Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html Subject: Re: Any alternate download sites for speakup ftp? X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 19:48:34 -0000 The rsync is preferable because it will work far more quickly and efficiently. Most of the data doesn't change from week to week. Rsync is smart enough to only download the differences, that what's so pwerful about rsync. Sina Bahram writes: > Well, let me know ... I need to send them the propper rsync info ... If not, > they set a simple wget or ftp would also work just fine. > > Take care, > Sina > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Kenny Hitt > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 1:42 PM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: Any alternate download sites for speakup ftp? > > Hi. Since Bill is the maintainer for the speakup modified Fedora, wouldn't > it be better to rsync against his server? Considering the slow transfers to > and from bumpy, rsyncing against bumpy could get the mirrors up to date much > sooner. > > Kenny > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 01:23:10PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > > Hi, Sina: > > > > I don't think there's much to coordinate. That's the beauty of it. > > > > My advice is to simply run a weekly rsync via cron--something like: > > > > rsync -avtz --delete bumpy.braille.uwo.ca::ftp/speakup/disks/* \ > > [mirror.directory] > > > > The only refinement I can think of that would probably be helpful is > > to close the directory before doing the rsync to insure that no files > > are locked by someone's download while the rsync is in process. I > > confess I don't know if this is really an issue, but I'd want to make > > sure that it isn't--or just deal with it, perhaps by chmod the tree > > against reads for the duration. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.