Getting nowhere syncing a download

[Max Bowsher]

bob parker wrote:
> 
> Ok, here it is.
> bob at debian:~/archive/knoppix$ rsync -vv
> rsync://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso
> KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso
> opening tcp connection to ftp.gwdg.de port 873
> KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso is uptodate
> wrote 102 bytes  read 85 bytes  41.56 bytes/sec
> total size is 732921856  speedup is 3919368.21
> 
> And the md5sum check
> 
> bob at debian:~/archive/knoppix$ md5sum -c
> KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso.md5 md5sum: MD5 check failed for
> 'KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso' 
> 
> I downloaded the md5sum again just to be sure but it still fails.

Curious. I wonder why rsync thinks the file is up to date.

Maybe the -I or -c options would make it look more carefully.


Max.