ctan-mirrors
Author: Erik Braun <erik@ctan.org>
License: CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/


Overview
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This script returns a list of CTAN mirrors sorted by ping time.
In addition, the current status of the mirror is displayed, as well as
when the last update was performed.


Dependencies
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* Perl
* List::MoreUtils (Debian package liblist-moreutils-perl; is
  automatically installed when using the standard command-not-found
  utility)
* (fping) (Debian package fping; optional, recommended)

Installation
============

Copy the file somewhere in your PATH or call it using the PATH name.


Invocation
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ctan-mirrors -h
Usage: ctan-mirrors [options]

OPTIONS:
 -m, --max NR     maximum number of listed mirrors (default: 20),
                  set it to »0« for the entire list
 -p  --protocol   (all, rsync, ftp, http, https) (default: all)
 -v  --verbose    detailed output, can help with debugging
 -h, --help       this help
 -V, --version    print version


Bugs / Todo
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Hosts that block ICMP ping requests are not yet displayed in the list,
even if the other services are working.