Geo::Mirror(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Geo::Mirror(3)
NAME
Geo::Mirror - Find closest Mirror
SYNOPSIS
use Geo::Mirror;
my $gm = Geo::Mirror->new(mirror_file => '/path/to/mirrors.txt');
my $mirror = $gm->closest_mirror_by_country('us', $freshness); # $freshness optional, see description below
my $mirror = $gm->closest_mirror_by_addr('24.24.24.24', $freshness); # $freshness optional, see description below
DESCRIPTION
This module finds the closest mirror for an IP address. It uses
Geo::IP to identify the country that the IP address originated from.
If the country is not represented in the mirror list, then it finds the
closest country using a latitude/longitude table.
The mirror file should be a space separate list of URL, Country, and
mirror freshness. The mirror freshness is optional and can be used by
user request a mirror with a minimum freshness.
AUTHOR
Copyright (c) 2004, MaxMind LLC, support AT maxmind.com
All rights reserved. This package is free software; you can
redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
perl v5.16.3 2012-09-13 Geo::Mirror(3)