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Mirroring LG

Last updated Sat Mar 19 22:07:46 EDT 2011
This page maintained by Benjamin Okopnik ()

Q: What do I need to do to become an LG mirror maintainer or translator?

A: Step 1 Fill in the form just below, and send it to us at . This will result in your site being listed on our "Mirrors/Translators" page, and your name and email address being added to our (very low-traffic) "lg-mirrors" mailing list, where we can notify you of any changes that affect content retrieval and other mirror-relevant or translation-relevant issues.


Country (e.g., 'GB', 'FR', etc.): Language (for translators only): HTTP mirror: FTP mirror: Maintainer's name: Maintainer's email: Comments:

Step 2 (mirror maintainers only) Set up your monthly retrieval process. Our standard retrieval method is via rsync and FTP. Please set up your retrieval script as follows:

(For all of the following examples, HTTP_ROOT and FTP_ROOT are the directories on your host that you'll be making available via your HTTP/FTP servers. Note that our site's FTP_ROOT is a subdirectory immediately under HTTP_ROOT, so the first example will get both archives.)


# If you want the entire Linux Gazette archive: rsync -azv linuxgazette.net::lg-all /HTTP_ROOT # If you only want the HTTP files: rsync -azv --exclude /ftpfiles/ linuxgazette.net::lg-all /HTTP_ROOT # If you only want the FTP files: rsync -azv linuxgazette.net::lg-ftp /FTP_ROOT

Step 3 If you wish to be notified whenever the new issue of LG comes out, send an email to or sign up at http://lists.linuxgazette.net/listinfo.cgi/lg-announce-linuxgazette.net .

In case of any further questions, please contact the LG Mirrors and Translations maintainer ().

Last but definitely not least - thank you for participating in LG! By mirroring us, you're making the content more easily available to the people in your country/area/location, and letting more readers have "just a little more fun" with Linux. You have our thanks... and the thanks of all those who trade in the basic coin of Open Source - respect.

Welcome aboard.

Tux