I would like to setup a local Fedora mirror. Currently I am using fmirror with a fairly obscure configuration file to mirror RedHat Linux distribution and the updates. It should work with Fedora too but I am wondering if there is a better (or even recommended) way of doing this.
Several mirrors of Red Hat (I used to run one) simply use rsync. I can give you my configuration if you like... it's extremely easy. Basically, find another mirror who supports rsync and "rsync -av rsync-host::rsync-path/ /local/path/to/files/" and you're done. Read the man page for great things like "--bwlimit" and the various include and exclude functions.
Rsync can also be a wonderful remote copying and mirroring option over ssh to use between two of your systems. Simply "rsync -av -e ssh" and you're good to go.
-- Rodolfo J. Paiz rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
