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How to use rsync to download RFCs
[1] To get the list of modules available
type rsync rsync.rfc-editor.org::
This will return results as follows:
| Module Names | Comments |
|---|---|
| everything-ftp | Everything FTP |
| rfcs | Contents of in-notes/ and subdirectories bcp/, fyi/, ien/, and std/ |
| rfcs-text-only | Text files from [rfcs] |
| rfc-ed-all | Entire repository (excluding Internet-Drafts) |
| rfcs-pdf-only | PDF versions of ASCII RFCs to ensure correct page breaks, etc. [only below RFC 8650] |
| rfcs-exclude-json | Contents of [rfcs] excluding JSON files |
| rfcs-json-only | Only the JSON files from the directories in [rfcs] |
| rfcs-pdf-all | PDFs of the RFC series |
[2] To create a mirror using a module
Type rsync -avz --delete rsync.rfc-editor.org::Module-Name Target-Directory
For example: To create a mirror of the text versions of all the RFCs, i.e.,
in-notes/*.txt
in-notes/bcp/*.txt
in-notes/fyi/*.txt
in-notes/ien/*.txt
in-notes/std/*.txt
type rsync -avz --delete rsync.rfc-editor.org::rfcs-text-only my-rfc-mirror
(The --delete option is useful for removing local copies of files that have been deleted from the repository. This is helpful to remove expired Internet-Drafts.)
rsync web page: https://rsync.samba.org
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