reposync

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
FILES
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
BUGS

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. x86_64 is a superset for i*86.).

−−source

Also download .src.rpm files.

−r REPOID, −−repoid=REPOID

Specify repo ids to query, can be specified multiple times (default is all enabled).

−e CACHEDIR, −−cachedir CACHEDIR

Directory in which to store metadata.

−t, −−tempcache

Use a temp dir for storing/accessing yum-cache.

−d, −−delete

Delete local packages no longer present in repository.

−p DESTDIR, −−download_path=DESTDIR

Path to download packages to: defaults to current directory.

−−norepopath

Don’t add the reponame to the download path. Can only be used when syncing a single repository (default is to add the reponame).

−g, −−gpgcheck

Remove packages that fail GPG signature checking after downloading. exit status is ’1’ if at least one package was removed.

−u, −−urls

Just list urls of what would be downloaded, don’t download.

−l, −−plugins

Enable yum plugin support.

−m, −−downloadcomps

Also download comps.xml.

−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

Sync all packages from the ’updates’ repo to the repos directory
excluding x86_64 arch. Edit /etc/yum.conf adding option
exclude=*.x86_64
. Then:

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/

SEE ALSO

yum.conf (5)
http://yum.baseurl.org/

AUTHORS

See the Authors file included with this program.

BUGS

There are of course no bugs, but should you find any, you should first consult the FAQ section on http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq and if unsuccessful in finding a resolution contact the mailing list: yum-devel@lists.baseurl.org. To file a bug use http://bugzilla.redhat.com for Fedora/RHEL/Centos related bugs and http://yum.baseurl.org/report for all other bugs.