If cvsup's a no-go, will copying work?

[Andrew Gould]

>----- Original Message ----
>From: cpghost <cpghost at cordula.ws>
>To: Andrew Gould <andrewgould at yahoo.com>
>Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2007 6:56:34 PM
>Subject: Re: If cvsup's a no-go, will copying work?
>
>Andrew Gould wrote:
>> I received permission to install a *nix at work.  I installed FreeBSD 6.2; but I am unable to cvsup >successfully.  I've tried the various modes.  I've even tried nesting it in a Python script that tries to get >authorization through a proxy -- it didn't help, but was worth a try.
>>
>> I really, really, really want to get past the xorg 7* issue before I have a lot of applications installed.
>>
>> If a computer at home is up-to-date, can I:
>>
>> 1.  Delete /usr/src/*,  /usr/ports/* and /usr/doc/* from the work computer; and
>>
>> 2.  copy the /usr/src/*,  /usr/ports/* and /usr/doc/* from the home computer?
>>
>> Is it as simple as that?
>>   
>
>On more thing. I usually csup /usr/src, /usr/ports and /usr/doc on one
>machine, and then rsync those directories to a lot of other machines
>on an internal network. Works like a charm, and conserves bandwidth
>too.

rsync!  (doh)  and rsync works through ssh!  Beautiful!

Thanks.

>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andrew
>>   
>
>cpghost.
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Andrew Gould