Thanks to Fritz for installing anonymous rsync on the master CRAN site. Rsync has many advantages over mirror scripts for mirroring the archive. I now update my mirror with a crontab entry like rsync -vrlt ftp.ci.tuwien.ac.at::CRAN /home/ftp/pub/R where /home/ftp/pub/R is the location of my mirror. I would add -t to the switches that Fritz listed. This sets the file modification times to match those on the master site and makes it easier to see what is newer. The -v gives you verbose output. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._