On 05/02/2018 05:11 PM, L A Walsh wrote:
Is it possible to enable ftp downloads on the distro servers?
I was trying to be more finicky about what I downloaded short of writing a specialized script, and saw some might be done using wildcards ('*-xyz.rpm', etc), but it seems that only ftp supports wildcards due to it having a common looking display for listing files in a directory vs. http having no standard when it comes to displaying a directory.
The alternative simplest way might be to download everything in the directory and throw files that don't match keep-patterns or keep those that do match them. Ideally, though, it would be preferable to avoid downloading anything not wanted/needed rather than filter after the fact.
Trying to have a script that downloads only the files from relevant or wanted archs, that adapts to different types (binary, src, debug, update) for different distro types (static v. rolling), is more than a bit messy...ick.
Anyway .. not a requirement, as for the dirs I want to use wildcards in are the ones most likely to benefit from a more intelligent download script -- but one that I don't have written right now when I was already needing to update some rpms with newer ones...erk...
Anyway, it is a thought...if not too difficult....
thanks, -linda I like to use gftp when/if ftp is enabled. It makes choosing files just a simple point and click operation. A list of ftp sites would be great.
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