how to download F18 with rsync

[Robert Arkiletian]

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Matthew Miller
<mattdm at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 09:55:41PM -0800, Robert Arkiletian wrote:
>> Trying to dl F18 beta. Public mirror list shows which mirrors support
>> rsync. But I don't know  how to find dir path to iso. Hovering mouse
>> over rsync link doesn't show full path to iso.
>
> That's browser-specific, I think. I'm seeing the full URL in Firefox. But,
> in any case you should be able to right click and choose "copy link
> location" (or the equivalent in whatever browser you are using).
>
> That won't give you the whole path, though, if you're looking at the same
> mirror page I am. Try
>
> rsync -Pv rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/test/18-Beta/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-18-Beta-x86_64-DVD.iso .
>
>
Using chrome.
I usually use the ftp site to find the correct path to use with rsync.
Kernel.org has the same dir structure for ftp and rsync so it's easy
but some others like Nexicom don't. Any other way to find the path.

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Robert Arkiletian
Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada