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.TH "mirrorselect" "8" "2.2.2"
.SH "NAME"
.LP
mirrorselect \- A tool which helps to select rsync and distfiles mirrors for Gentoo
.SH "SYNTAX"
.LP
mirrorselect [options]
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Print a usage summary and exit.
.TP
.B \-\-version
Show program's version number and exit.
.SS "Main modes"
.TP
.B \-a, \-\-all
This will present a list of all filtered search results
to make it possible to select mirrors you wish to use.
For the -r, --rsync option, it will select the rotation server
only. As multiple rsync URL's are not supported.
.TP
.B \-D, \-\-deep
Deep mode. This is used to give a more accurate speed test. It will download
a 100k file from each server. Because of this you should only use this option
if you have a good connection.
.TP
.B \-i, \-\-interactive
Interactive Mode, this will present a list to make it possible to select mirrors
you wish to use.
.SS "Server type selection (choose at most one)"
.TP
.BI \-c " COUNTRY " "\fR,\fP \-\-country " COUNTRY "
Only use mirrors from the specified country.
NOTE: Names with a space must be quoted
eg.: -c 'South Korea'
.TP
.B \-F, \-\-ftp
ftp only mode. Will not consider hosts of other types.
.TP
.B \-H, \-\-http
http only mode. Will not consider hosts of other types.
.TP
.B \-r, \-\-rsync
rsync mode. Allows you to interactively select your rsync mirror.
Requires -i to be used.
.TP
.BI \-R " REGION " "\fR,\fP \-\-region " REGION "
Only use mirrors from the specified region.
NOTE: Names with a space must be quoted.
eg.: -R 'North America'
.TP
.B \-4, \-\-ipv4
only use IPv4.
.TP
.B \-6, \-\-ipv6
only use IPv6.
.SS "Other options"
.TP
.BI \-b " BLOCKSIZE " "\fR,\fP \-\-blocksize" " BLOCKSIZE "
This is to be used in automatic mode and will split the hosts into blocks of
BLOCKSIZE for use with netselect. This is required for certain routers which
block 40+ requests at any given time.
Recommended parameters to pass are: -s 3 -b 10
.TP
.BI \-d " VERBOSITY " "\fR,\fP \-\-debug " VERBOSITY "
Debug mode.
.TP
.BI \-f " FILE " "\fR,\fP \-\-file "FILE "
An alternate file to download for deep testing. Please
choose the file carefully as to not abuse the system
by selecting an overly large size file. You must also
use the -m, --md5 option.
.TP
.BI \-m " MD5 " "\fR,\fP \-\-md5 " MD5 "
An alternate file md5sum value used to compare the
downloaded file against for deep testing.
.TP
.B \-o, \-\-output
Output Only Mode, this is especially useful when being used during installation,
to redirect output to a file other than /etc/portage/make.conf.
.TP
.BI \-P " PROXY " "\fR,\fP \-\-proxy " PROXY "
Proxy server to use if not the default proxy in the
environment.
.TP
.B \-q, \-\-quiet
Quiet mode.
.TP
.BI \-s " SERVERS " "\fR,\fP \-servers" " SERVERS "
Specify Number of servers for Automatic Mode to select. this is only valid for
download mirrors. If this is not specified, a default of 1 is used.
.TP
.BI \-t " TIMEOUT " "\fR,\fP \-timeout" " TIMEOUT "
Timeout for deep mode. Defaults to 10 seconds.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
automatic:
.LP
.RS 8
Autoselect the 5 best mirrors and save results in /etc/portage/make.conf,
a backup will be created.
.LP
# mirrorselect -s5
.LP
Autoselect the 3 best mirrors, use a
.I BLOCKSIZE
of 10 and append the output to /etc/portage/make.conf.
.LP
# mirrorselect -s3 -b10 -o >> /etc/portage/make.conf
.LP
Autoselect the 4 best mirrors, it also loads a 100k file from each mirror.
The result will be written to /etc/portage/make.conf, a backup will be created.
.LP
# mirrorselect -D -s4
.LP
.RE
interactive:
.LP
.RS 8
Start mirrorselect in interactive mode to select rsync mirrors.
.LP
# mirrorselect -i -r
.RE
.SH "AUTHORS"
.LP
Colin Kingsley <tercel@gentoo.org>
.LP
Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>
.LP
Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org>
.LP
Christian Ruppert <idl0r@gentoo.org>
.LP
Brian Dolbec <dolsen@gentoo.org>
.LP
Douglas Freed <dwfreed@mtu.edu>
.SH "BUGS"
Please report any bugs to http://bugs.gentoo.org
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