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From: Mikhail A. Sokolov <mishania@sinbin.demos.su>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Script to mirror FTP
Date: 6 Mar 1997 11:50:29 GMT
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In comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Ron Echeverri <rone@bofh.noc.best.net> wrote:
# In article <5fjnop$1m0ts_002@pcm.co.za>, Irvine Short <ishort@pcm.co.za> wrote:
# >Can anyone recommend a good one?
# >For the sake of our customers I'd like to mirros a couple of our suppliers 
# >ftp sites.

# Take a look at "mirror" under the net ports directory.

which doesn't work good. after fighting the beast for 2 years, I can now
recommend ftp://ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/wget*1.1.4.tar.gz, don't remember
exact file name. 

#Ron Echeverri         Best Internet Usenet Administration         rone@best.net

-mishania