Re: [9fans] /n/sources/contrib/

["Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>]

> by the way, if the datestamp in the lsr file is not the current
> day (you know, cp -x), you'll miss the file with the lsr file.

no, you won't.  i said to diff the two lsr files and copy
the ones whose lines had changed.  so any change to
the modification time, size, or content hash will cause
you to recopy the file.

> i could be out of step here.  my basic assumption is that unless
> a mirror is exact, it's not a mirror. 

that is a fine definition of mirror.  but other people use other
definitions.  i might be willing to mirror /n/sources/plan9
but not /n/sources/contrib, for example.  or i might want to
mirror all of sources as well as some other servers all onto
one big server.  (think the big ftp mirrors.)

as i said, if you are interested in your definition of mirror,
copying the low-level bits works great.  if you want to be
a little more flexible, then that approach stops being appropriate.

russ