<HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="Microsoft Word 97"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Mozilla/4.03 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.32 i686) [Netscape]"> <META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Lee McLoughlin and Zoe Leech"> <TITLE>Mirror FAQ</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY TEXT="#000000" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#0000EF" VLINK="#51188E" ALINK="#FF0000"> <CENTER> <H1> Mirror: Frequently Asked Questions</H1></CENTER> <CENTER> <H1> <I>Lee McLoughlin</I></H1></CENTER> <CENTER><I><FONT SIZE=+0>and</FONT></I></CENTER> <CENTER> <H1> <I><FONT SIZE=+3>Zoë Leech</FONT></I></H1></CENTER> <CENTER>1 June 1998</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="mailto:lmjm@icparc.ic.ac.uk">lmjm@icparc.ic.ac.uk</A></CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="zl@icparc.ic.ac.uk">zl@icparc.ic.ac.uk</A></CENTER> <BR> <P>The latest version of this document can be found at: <P> <A HREF="http://sunsite.org.uk/packages/mirror/ ">http://sunsite.org.uk/packages/mirror/mirror-faq.html</A> <BR> <H2> Summary of Questions</H2> <OL> <LI> About <B>mirror</B>.</LI> <OL TYPE=a> <LI> What is <B>mirror</B>?</LI> <LI> Where do I get <B>mirror</B>?</LI> <LI> What's the latest version?</LI> <LI> I am having a problem with <B>mirror</B> - what do I do?</LI> </OL> <LI> More Questions and answers to follow...</LI> <BR> </OL> <H2> Questions and Answers</H2> <OL> <LI> About <B>mirror</B>.</LI> <OL TYPE=a> <LI> What is <B>mirror</B>?<BR> <BR> <B>Mirror</B> was designed to duplicate a directory hierarchy between two machines. It avoids copying files unnecessarily by comparing the file time-stamps and file sizes before transferring.<BR> <BR></LI> <LI> Where do I get <B>mirror</B>?<BR> <BR> The latest version of <B>mirror</B> can always be found at:</LI> <P> <A HREF="ftp://sunsite.org.uk/packages/mirror/mirror.tar.gz">ftp://sunsite.org.uk/packages/mirror/mirror.tar.gz</A> (or via <A HREF="http://sunsite.org.uk/packages/mirror/mirror.tar.gz">http</A>) <BR> <A HREF="ftp://sunsite.org.uk/packages/mirror/mirror.zip">ftp://sunsite.org.uk/packages/mirror/mirror.zip</A> (or via <A HREF="http://sunsite.org.uk/packages/mirror/mirror.zip">http</A>) <BR> <LI> What's the latest version?<BR> <BR> As of 1 June 1998 the latest version of <B>mirror</B> is mirror-2.9.<BR> <BR></LI> <LI> I am having a problem with <B>mirror</B> - what do I do?<BR> <BR> You should first try to run mirror in debug mode and see if this helps show up what the problem is. Do this by calling <B>mirror</B> with "-d". Extra "-d"'s will give increasing amounts of debugging messages.<BR> <BR> If you are using a version of perl below 5.004 then upgrade to a newer release.<BR> <BR> If you are still having a problem then email the author at <A HREF="mailto:lmjm@icparc.ic.ac.uk">lmjm@icparc.ic.ac.uk</A><BR> <BR></LI> </OL> <LI> More Questions and answers to follow...</LI> <BR> <BR> </OL> </BODY> </HTML>