mirror(1) (1 Feb 1994) mirror(1) NAME mirror - execute masterslave script to update files by ftp SYNOPSIS mirror _f_t_p_c_m_d _h_o_s_t _d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y _c_o_m_p_r_e_s_s_e_d._s_u_f_f_i_x < _c_o_m_m_a_n_d_s DESCRIPTION MMMMiiiirrrrrrrroooorrrr directly executes the "time" and "rm" commands pro- duced by mmmmaaaasssstttteeeerrrrssssllllaaaavvvveeee and rewrites the "get" commands into a form suitable for ffffttttpppp. The first argument, _f_t_p_c_m_d, is the local name of the ftp command; normally this would be "ftp" but on some systems it is "pftp" to work through a proxy. _H_o_s_t is the name of the remote (master) system. (_M_i_r_r_o_r is executed on the slave; it is both more reliable and more secure to pull than to push.) _D_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y is the starting directory on remote system. The file _C_o_m_p_r_e_s_s_e_d._s_u_f_f_i_x lists suffixes that characterize files not suitable for compression. Here is part of the list that netlib uses: .gif GIF image file .gz gzip (available in /netlib/gnu/gzip/) .jpg JPEG image file _C_o_m_m_a_n_d_s are output from _m_a_s_t_e_r_s_l_a_v_e. EXAMPLE masterslave master.crc slave.crc | mirror ftp netlib.att.com . /netlib/crc/net/compressed SEE ALSO masterslave(1) AUTHOR Eric Grosse Page 1 netlib (printed 3/14/95)