--- mirror.txt	Fri May 29 02:45:18 1998
+++ -	Tue Jan 29 18:06:25 2002
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
                                                  (In older versions of
                                                  mirror this defaulted to
                                                  true.)
- follow_local_symlinksnone                       Regexp of pathnames of
+ follow_local_symlinks none                      Regexp of pathnames of
                                                  local symbolic links.
                                                  Rather than treating them
                                                  as symlinks the target
@@ -363,6 +363,12 @@
                                                  instead. This makes local
                                                  symlinks invisible to
                                                  mirror.
+ get_symlink_files    false                      If true mirror will
+						 attempt to get any file
+						 within remote directory
+						 that a bad symlink points
+						 to and if successful will
+						 make the symlink.
  get_missing          true                       Really get files. When set
                                                  to false, only deletions
                                                  and symlinking will be
@@ -523,9 +529,9 @@
                                                  program appends to files.
                                                  If compress_prog is
                                                  compress, this defaults to
-                                                 .Z. If compress_prog is
+                                                 Z. If compress_prog is
                                                  gzip, this defaults to
-                                                 .gz.
+                                                 gz.
  compress_conv_patt   (\.Z|\.taz)$               If compress_prog is gzip,
                                                  files matching this
                                                  pattern are uncompressed
@@ -567,7 +573,7 @@
  remote_fs            unix                       File store type. Currently
                                                  can be one of unix, dls,
                                                  netware, vms, dosftp,
-                                                 macos, lsparse and
+                                                 macos, eplf, lsparse and
                                                  infomac. See the
                                                  Filestores section for
                                                  more details.
@@ -576,11 +582,26 @@
                                                  ls -lR on that machine),
                                                  otherwise run remote ls
                                                  command.
- local_ls_lR_file     none                       Local file containing
-                                                 ls-lR, otherwise use
-                                                 remote ls_lR_file. This is
-                                                 useful when first
-                                                 mirroring a large package.
+ local_ls_lR_file     none                       Local file containing ls-lR   
+						 sometimes used instead of     
+						 remote ls_lR_file. This is    
+						 useful when first mirroring a 
+						 large package.
+						 If both local_ls_lR_file and  
+						 ls_lR_file are defined and    
+						 ls_lR_file has extension      
+						 .times or .patch.gz, mirror   
+						 will patch the file           
+						 local_ls_lR_file. The         
+						 extension .times downloads
+						 less than for the extension 
+						 .patch.gz. Both methods 
+						 improve mirror tracking over
+						 busy networks and reduce 
+						 download charges. Archives 
+						 can provide patch, times
+						 and ls-lR files using 
+						 the mkls-lR script.
  recursive            true                       Mirror both the contents
                                                  of local_dir and sub
                                                  directories of local_dir.
@@ -825,6 +846,16 @@
 
 recurse_hard should be set to true and flags_nonrecursive to nothing.
 
+remote_fs=eplf
+  
++i8388621.48594,m825718503,r,s280, djb.html
++i8388621.50690,m824255907,/, 514
++i8388621.48598,m824253270,r,s612, 514.html
+
+   Easily Parsed LIST Format (EPLF) is a proposed standard response
+   by FTP servers to file information requests. Set algorithm to 1,
+   flags_nonrecursive to nothing.
+   
 remote_fs=lsparse
 
 Allow reparsing of the listing generated by mirror with debugging turned to
@@ -1128,3 +1159,10 @@
 to released version.
 
 This software is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
+
+
+Debian GNU/Linux patched this file after installation to add:
+ls-lR file patching 1999/07/27  
+	Copyright (C) Ian Maclaine-cross 1999 (i.maclaine-cross@unsw.edu.au)
+Debian patches are copyright by their authors and you may use them only 
+under the conditions of the General Public License in file GPL.