On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 02:12:45PM -0600, Donald R. Spoon wrote: > Is there any way to determine this situation "up-front" in the process? > The reason I ask is that I have about 5 computers I am trying to keep > updated here. Doing each one manually each day coupled with the > "re-trys" is getting to be quite a PITA. It is a good thing I am > retired, but the wife is getting a little peeved. <g>
Mirrors - at least the primary ones - have an 'Archive-Update-in-Progress' file in their root directory while they're updating. You could check for that and abort if it's present. Not sure if all the mirrors are exactly the same that way, though. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
