Command:
# download to current repo
$ dnf reposync --repoid=windscribe --download-metadata -p .
Windscribe 4.6 kB/s | 2.9 kB 00:00
Windscribe 8.2 kB/s | 11 kB 00:01
(1/9): windscribe-cli-1.1-1.x64.rpm 2.9 MB/s | 7.0 MB 00:02
(2/9): windscribe-cli-1.2-9.amd64.rpm 3.1 MB/s | 6.8 MB 00:02
(3/9): windscribe-cli-1.0-1.noarch.rpm 1.5 MB/s | 7.2 MB 00:04
(4/9): windscribe-cli-1.1-1.x64.rpm 1.8 MB/s | 7.0 MB 00:04
(5/9): windscribe-cli-1.2-9.i386.rpm 2.0 MB/s | 7.0 MB 00:03
(6/9): windscribe-cli-1.3-19.amd64.rpm 1.1 MB/s | 3.8 MB 00:03
(7/9): windscribe-cli-1.3-19.amd64.rpm 80 MB/s | 3.9 MB 00:00
(8/9): windscribe-cli-1.4-52.amd64.rpm 2.9 MB/s | 6.8 MB 00:02
(9/9): windscribe-cli-1.4-52.i386.rpm 2.8 MB/s | 7.0 MB 00:02
It will create a directory like this:
$ tree
.
└── windscribe
├── repodata
│ ├── 0b1a3b6d7d2f795caa79dfd2fad3ebfa9c615d7f7af97c22fb8701d1d5dbd422-other.xml.gz
│ ├── 40cf4bc699d869a5d1e6bfa7dd98555b9c2b5cf9562e24807859b21b579ceb5b-other.sqlite.bz2
│ ├── 72ff180d0a0556dcb312fc4fef244774fdff0c80db11a75a242ed5d5379dc8e7-primary.xml.gz
│ ├── cbade663481416a2d0e930767851bc0e9d00fbe674fc7ef589f18e0ab610e68b-filelists.xml.gz
│ ├── e10018ca5b422f62a58e2523c8344fa75b42d6003ffc24ddccbe648cfa943096-filelists.sqlite.bz2
│ ├── fcc39eb52faa87a20ad3d7389b956acb9f05fbf59ecb32497a49d8cb1ab5857a-primary.sqlite.bz2
│ └── repomd.xml
├── windscribe-cli-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
├── windscribe-cli-1.1-1.x64.rpm
├── windscribe-cli-1.2-9.amd64.rpm
├── windscribe-cli-1.2-9.i386.rpm
├── windscribe-cli-1.3-19.amd64.rpm
├── windscribe-cli-1.4-52.amd64.rpm
└── windscribe-cli-1.4-52.i386.rpm
2 directories, 14 files
Now let's remove some files and confirm it downloads it again:
$ rm windscribe/windscribe-cli-1.2-9.i386.rpm
$ dnf reposync --repoid=windscribe --download-metadata -p .
Windscribe 6.1 kB/s | 2.9 kB 00:00
Windscribe 7.6 kB/s | 11 kB 00:01
[SKIPPED] windscribe-cli-1.0-1.noarch.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] windscribe-cli-1.1-1.x64.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] windscribe-cli-1.1-1.x64.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] windscribe-cli-1.2-9.amd64.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] windscribe-cli-1.3-19.amd64.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] windscribe-cli-1.3-19.amd64.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] windscribe-cli-1.4-52.amd64.rpm: Already downloaded
[SKIPPED] windscribe-cli-1.4-52.i386.rpm: Already downloaded
(9/9): windscribe-cli-1.2-9.i386.rpm 3.6 MB/s | 7.0 MB 00:01
That's it!
NOTE: must use the --download-metadata. Otherwise it defaults only downloads the RPMs not the metadata.
$ dnf reposync --repoid=windscribe -p .
Windscribe 4.8 kB/s | 2.9 kB 00:00
(1/9): windscribe-cli-1.1-1.x64.rpm 2.2 MB/s | 6.9 MB 00:03
(2/9): windscribe-cli-1.1-1.x64.rpm 106 MB/s | 7.0 MB 00:00
(3/9): windscribe-cli-1.0-1.noarch.rpm 1.9 MB/s | 7.2 MB 00:03
(4/9): windscribe-cli-1.2-9.amd64.rpm 2.0 MB/s | 6.8 MB 00:03
(5/9): windscribe-cli-1.2-9.i386.rpm 1.7 MB/s | 7.0 MB 00:04
(6/9): windscribe-cli-1.3-19.amd64.rpm 528 kB/s | 1.9 MB 00:03
(7/9): windscribe-cli-1.3-19.amd64.rpm 63 MB/s | 2.2 MB 00:00
(8/9): windscribe-cli-1.4-52.amd64.rpm 2.6 MB/s | 6.8 MB 00:02
(9/9): windscribe-cli-1.4-52.i386.rpm 2.7 MB/s | 7.0 MB 00:02
$ tree windscribe
windscribe
├── windscribe-cli-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
├── windscribe-cli-1.1-1.x64.rpm
├── windscribe-cli-1.2-9.amd64.rpm
├── windscribe-cli-1.2-9.i386.rpm
├── windscribe-cli-1.3-19.amd64.rpm
├── windscribe-cli-1.4-52.amd64.rpm
└── windscribe-cli-1.4-52.i386.rpm
0 directories, 7 files