tex-live Digest, Vol 265, Issue 36

[Karl Berry]

Hi Murray - 

            rsync -a --delete --include="mactex-2*" --exclude="*" \
            ftp.math.utah.edu:tlpretest/ ~/Downloads

Two colons:
            rsync -a --delete --include="mactex-2*" --exclude="*" \
            ftp.math.utah.edu::tlpretest/ ~/Downloads

Or if you prefer url syntax, equivalently:
            rsync -a --delete --include="mactex-2*" --exclude="*" \
            rsync://ftp.math.utah.edu/tlpretest/ ~/Downloads

The file is about 6GB. If you like feedback during the transfer, you
could add --progress. --best, karl.