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script to rsync from an arch mirror
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arch-mirror.service
[Unit]
Description=Mirror arch linux
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/home/arch/sync_arch_mirror.sh
User=arch
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arch-mirror.timer
[Unit]
Description=Mirror arch almost every two hours
[Timer]
OnBootSec=15min
OnUnitActiveSec=2h10m
AccuracySec=10min
[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
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sync_arch_mirror.sh
#! /bin/bash
set -e
REPO=rsync://mirror.de.leaseweb.net/archlinux/
DEST=/home/arch/public_html/archlinux/
# Common rsync options
RSYNC_OPTS="-rtlH -4 --safe-links --no-motd"
# Only be verbose on tty
if tty -s; then
RSYNC_OPTS="$RSYNC_OPTS -v"
fi
# first get new package files (the pool)
/usr/bin/rsync $RSYNC_OPTS $REPO/pool/ $DEST/pool/
# … and only then get the database, links and the structure
/usr/bin/rsync $RSYNC_OPTS --delete-after --delay-updates $REPO $DEST
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gdamjan commented Jul 25, 2015

Any output goes the journal, so no redirection and stuff

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gdamjan commented Oct 24, 2017 

Oct 24 14:10:55 mk.arch.mirror systemd[1]: Starting Mirror arch linux...
Oct 24 14:11:27 mk.arch.mirror systemd[1]: Started Mirror arch linux.
Oct 24 14:11:27 mk.arch.mirror systemd[1]: arch-mirror.service: Received 149.1M IP traffic, sent 1.5M IP traffic

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