To download a complete issue you must download lg-base.tar.gz as well as the tar file for the issue of interest. If you downloaded lg-base.tar.gz last month, you can download lg-base-new.tar.gz instead; it contains only the base files that have changed or been added for the current issue. http://linuxgazette.net/ftpfiles.txt contains the latest file sizes and modification dates for these files, if you wish to verify your mirror is up to date. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- lg-base.tar.gz contains common files shared by more than one issue lg-base-new.tar.gz contains only those common files which have been added or changed since the previous issue. lg-issueNN.tar.gz contains files for issue #NN (where NN is 10 - 55 and counting...) lg-NNN.tar.gz contains files for issues numbered >= 100. lg-issue01to08.tar.gz contains files for issues #01 to #08