+#!/bin/sh
+# $Id: mkdebmirror 4018 2006-09-25 12:13:17Z lange $
+# Thomas Lange, lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de, (c) 2001-2005
+# create partitial debian mirror using command debmirror(1) and rsync
+
+# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+rsync_disks() {
+ # get the boot disks
+ rsync --delete -av $2::debian/dists/$1/main/disks-$arch $destdir/debian/dists/$1/main/
+}
+# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+update_from() {
+ # update local mirror from a host
+ host=$1
+ defopt="$allopt --host=$host --dist=$dist"
+ echo "------------------ create mirror for debian ------------------"
+ debmirror --getcontents $destdir/debian $defopt
+}
+
+# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+# main program
+# here you have to adjust the hostnames of the mirror and the names of the distributions
+debug="$@"
+arch=i386
+dist=etch
+# dist=etch,etch-proposed-updates
+destdir=/var/www/debian_mirror
+allopt="$debug --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg --passive --nosource --arch=$arch --ignore=disks-$arch/"
+
+# first sync from a mirror near to you!
+# please ask the mirror admin(s) for permission before downloading
+# several GB of data!
+update_from ftp.de.debian.org
+
+# since this mirror is not always up to date, sync the rest from an official mirror
+# update_from ftp.de.debian.org
+
+# even one should not mirror the security site, but I will do it.
+echo "------------------ create mirror for debian-security ------------------"
+debmirror $destdir/debian-security $allopt --host=security.debian.org -r debian-security --section main,contrib,non-free -d etch/updates
+
+# get installation disk images via rsync
+#rsync_disks etch ftp2.de.debian.org