reposync

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Updated: 2007 Apr 27
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NAME

reposync - synchronize yum repositories to a local directory

SYNOPSIS

reposync [options]

DESCRIPTION

reposync is used to synchronize a remote yum repository to a local directory, using yum to retrieve the packages.

OPTIONS

-h, --help: Display a help message, and then quit.
-c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG: Config file to use (defaults to /etc/yum.conf).
-a ARCH, --arch=ARCH: Act as if running the specified arch (default: current arch, note: does not override $releasever).
--source: Also download .src.rpm files.
-r REPOID, --repoid=REPOID: Specify repo ids to query, can be specified multiple times (default is all enabled).
-t, --tempcache: Use a temp dir for storing/accessing yum-cache.
-p DESTDIR, --download_path=DESTDIR: Path to download packages to: defaults to current directory.
-g, --gpgcheck: Remove packages that fail GPG signature checking after downloading.
-u, --urls: Just list urls of what would be downloaded, don't download.
-n, --newest-only: Download only newest packages per-repo.
-q, --quiet: Output as little information as possible.

EXAMPLES

Sync all packages from the 'updates' repo to the current directory:: reposync --repoid=updates
Sync only the newest packages from the 'updates' repo to the current directory:: reposync -n --repoid=updates
Sync packages from the 'updates' and 'extras' repos to the current directory:: reposync --repoid=updates --repoid=extras
Sync all packages from the 'updates' repo to the repos directory:: reposync -p repos --repoid=updates

FILES

reposync uses the yum libraries for retrieving information and packages. If no configuration file is specified, the default yum configuration will be used.

/etc/yum.conf
/etc/yum/repos.d/

AUTHORS

See the Authors file included with this program.

BUGS

There of course aren't any bugs, but if you find any, they should be sent to the mailing list: yum-devel@lists.baseurl.org or filed in trac.