What is the correct/best way to download Slackware file tree for non download.iso installation?
by zeebra from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5NMM4)
So, I usually tend to just install releases and use .iso installations, but lately I've been testing Slackware 15rc1, and I will probably test -current in the future.
Purpose is to download the file tree and make an iso from it.
So, my first download was with wget, and it worked. I can't remember exactly, but probably it was just Code:wget -r link, and I made an iso and all kind of things. It worked fine and all was good. But aftwards I came to think that it might not have been the correct way to do it.
I was thinking I should have used something similar to Code:cp -aR to get it done currectly. But looking into wget, I could not find appropriate options. So I kind of gave up and moved to rsync instead.
Code:rsync -r -a -v --delete --progress --stats rsync://mirror.foo.bar/*/slackware64-currentI'm not really an rsync user, but in my evaluation, this seemed like a more proper way to do it.
Can someone shed some light on this, and reasonably argue for their view and for/against some right/wrong ways of doing it? Thanks.
Purpose is to download the file tree and make an iso from it.
So, my first download was with wget, and it worked. I can't remember exactly, but probably it was just Code:wget -r link, and I made an iso and all kind of things. It worked fine and all was good. But aftwards I came to think that it might not have been the correct way to do it.
I was thinking I should have used something similar to Code:cp -aR to get it done currectly. But looking into wget, I could not find appropriate options. So I kind of gave up and moved to rsync instead.
Code:rsync -r -a -v --delete --progress --stats rsync://mirror.foo.bar/*/slackware64-currentI'm not really an rsync user, but in my evaluation, this seemed like a more proper way to do it.
Can someone shed some light on this, and reasonably argue for their view and for/against some right/wrong ways of doing it? Thanks.