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@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.