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 Nov 10 2006, 02:46 AM
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Just as you can get a snapshot of wikipedia and store on your PC (or even PDA), it occurred to me that a snapshot of the OESF forum would be a very useful thing if combined with free text search.
There's a huge amount of wisdom on it (a lot of which should be in the wiki, but isn't), and so an archive would be a real asset. The low-graphics version of course would be best, but provided the archive was created without the attachments, it'd be OK as there'd be only one copy of the site. I did try a speed-throttled wget once, but it wasn't too satisfactory.  Any chance of considering being able to do this on the server itself and make a monthly snapshot downloadable in .zip or .tar.bz2? Some of us could burn CDs or DVDs to send to people without broad-band. thanks Paul |
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Nov 15 2006, 04:29 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 3,493 Joined: 29-July 04 From: Cambridge, England Member No.: 4,149 |
I've just had a thought... what's the limit on the number of files in the same directory on a fat32 memory card? Would the forum archive actually be storable on flash?
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Nov 15 2006, 04:38 AM
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QUOTE(speculatrix @ Nov 15 2006, 01:29 PM) I've just had a thought... what's the limit on the number of files in the same directory on a fat32 memory card? Would the forum archive actually be storable on flash?  I don't think this should be a problem really, since you probably should put it into a squashfs archive anyway and mount it on the Z. That way you'll save on space bigtime, because this is mostly text. |
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speculatrix Static Site Snapshot/mirror Nov 10 2006, 02:46 AM
daniel3000 This is a terrific idea and I also wish this would... Nov 10 2006, 03:42 AM
speculatrix QUOTE(daniel3000 @ Nov 10 2006, 12:42 PM)This... Nov 14 2006, 01:33 PM desertrat QUOTE(speculatrix @ Nov 14 2006, 09:33 PM)The... Nov 14 2006, 05:22 PM speculatrix well, the first run seems to be complete... create... Nov 14 2006, 03:30 PM Jon_J speculatrix,
I tried using the program you listed ... Nov 14 2006, 08:39 PM speculatrix QUOTE(Jon_J @ Nov 15 2006, 05:39 AM)speculatr... Nov 15 2006, 02:21 AM ShiroiKuma I think it's not a very smart idea to download... Nov 15 2006, 02:33 AM speculatrix QUOTE(ShiroiKuma @ Nov 15 2006, 11:33 AM)I th... Nov 15 2006, 04:27 AM matthis Actually these kind of forums store data in a sql ... Nov 15 2006, 07:37 AM zmiq2 Or maybe a link to a file with the daily activity,... Nov 15 2006, 07:57 AM speculatrix hmm, well, it's a pretty damn big file when zi... Nov 21 2006, 02:00 PM speculatrix The snapshot is now up as a mirror... see mainstre... Nov 22 2006, 07:45 AM speculatrix Can I ask DZ and other admins to please consider a... Feb 21 2007, 10:41 AM Antikx QUOTE(speculatrix @ Feb 21 2007, 12:41 PM)Can... Feb 21 2007, 02:27 PM speculatrix QUOTE(Antikx @ Feb 21 2007, 11:27 PM)QUOTE(sp... Feb 21 2007, 03:34 PM Antikx sorry for stating the obvious. Feb 21 2007, 05:55 PM speculatrix OK, I'm running whtt again - 2 connections per... Feb 22 2007, 12:28 PM speculatrix Ok, it completed after 8 hours, about 30,000 pages... Feb 22 2007, 11:22 PM |
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