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MIRRORS(1)                                                                             MIRRORS(1)



NAME
       mirrors - measure response times from mirrors

SYNOPSIS
       mirrors [ -f file ] [ -n max ] [ -v ] [ -h ]

DESCRIPTION
       Mirrors  runs  fping(1)  for  each site listed in file to measure the round trip time of a
       small ICMP packet.  It reports the results in increasing order  of  response  time  (i.e.,
       fastest one first). Smaller response times give higher download speed.

       When mirrors runs it may first give error messages ending "address not found" meaning your
       domain name servers could not find the IP address. Then it gives error  messages  starting
       "ICMP Unreachable" meaning the site did not answer the ICMP echo request.  These sites are
       not in the final list of response times and FQDN.  A large FDQN file like debian can  take
       several minutes to process. Be patient!

       If  you  do  not  want  messages  about any FQDN please edit file in /etc/mirror/sites/ to
       remove the undesired FQDN or create your own FQDN file there with a new name.


OPTIONS
       -d     Display extra messages for debugging.

       -f file
              where file contains the FQDN of the sites compared one per line.  The  base  direc-
              tory  for  file is /etc/mirror/sites/.  The default is to give a help message.  You
              can have a file in /etc/mirror/sites/ for each archive network you mirror. If  file
              is  not found here mirrors searches the current working directory. The mirror pack-
              age includes FQDN list files CPAN, CTANand debian  for  the  corresponding  archive
              networks.   You  can remove a site from mirrors tests by deleting or commenting its
              line in file.

       -h     Displays a short help message.

       -n max The number of sites displayed at program end. The default value is 20.

       -v     Display version and copyright information.

NOTES
       The closest and fastest mirror may not be the most up to date and complete. You must  also
       consider  ISP  charges in selecting a mirror. Before mirroring a site check its READMEs to
       see if mirroring is permitted.

AUTHOR
       Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd AT debian.org>  wrote  debian-mirrors  between  1998  and  2001.   Ian
       Maclaine-cross <iml AT debian.org> generalized and renamed it mirrors in 2003.

MAINTAINER
       Ian Maclaine-cross <iml AT debian.org>


SEE ALSO
       fping(1), mirror(1), mirror-master(1), netselect(1).



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