MIXMASTER-UPDATE(1)						 mixmaster-update					       MIXMASTER-UPDATE(1)

NAME

       mixmaster-update - Fetch new reliability stats and keyrings for mixmaster

SYNOPSIS

       mixmaster-update [--verbose] [--source=SOURCE] [--configfile=FILE] [--destination=DIRECTORY]
       mixmaster-update --list-sources
       mixmaster-update --help
       mixmaster-update --version

DESCRIPTION

       mixmaster-update is a simple yet configurable script that downloads latest remailer reliability statistics and keyrings for your mixmaster.

       As having uptodate reliability statistics is imperative if you want to make use of remailers it is recommended that you always update this
       data should it be older that twelve or twentyfour hours and you intent to use mixmaster.

       mixmaster-update has several built in stats sources. You can view the list of stats sources with the --list-sources parameter.

       If you want to make use of another stats source which is not listed in the output of --list-sources you can do so by setting the location
       of mlist and others in your configuration file.

OPTIONS

       --verbose
	   Print verbose output to standard output. May be given more than once to increase verbosity.

       --source=SOURCE
	   Use this built in stats source.

       --configfile=FILE
	   Also parse the configuration file FILE.

       --destination=DIRECTORY
	   Write output to DIRECTORY rather than the directory given in the config file or ~/.Mix/.

       --list-sources
	   List available stats sources.

       --help
	   Print a brief help message and exit successfully.

       --version
	   Print a version information and exit successfully.

FILES

       /etc/mixmaster/update.conf
       ~/.Mix/update.conf
       MIXMASTER_UPDATE_CONF environment
       --configfile parameter

       These files are parsed in this order. Later definitions overwrite older ones.  This config file defines proxy settings, where to write the
       results to and which stats source to use

       /etc/mixmaster/allpingers.txt
       ~/.Mix/allpingers.txt
       MIXMASTER_ALLPINGERS environment
       --allpingers parameter

       These files are parsed in this order. Later definitions overwrite older ones.  The allpingers.txt is a list of all pingers.

FILEFORMAT

       The update.conf configuration file for mixmaster-update is simple. Lines with whitespace only are ignored as are lines that have the hash
       our pound ("#") sign as their first non whitespace character.

       Lines are always truncated at the first hash our pound ("#") sign.

       Lines are pairs of keys and values separated by a convenient amount of whitespace. The key is case insensitive.

       Allowed keys:

       source
	   Use the builtin stats source with this name

       destination
	   Write the downloaded data to this directory rather than ~/.Mix

       proxy
	   Set proxies for different protocols. The value is split into two parts: protocol and proxy URL. They are separated by whitespace.

	     Example:
	       PROXY  http  http://proxy.example.com:8080/
	       PROXY  ftp   http://proxy.example.com:8080/

       The format for allpingers.txt is simple too:

	 [example]
	   base        = http://stats.example.net/
	   rlist       = http://stats.example.net/rlist.txt
	   mlist       = http://stats.example.net/mlist.txt
	   rlist2      = http://stats.example.net/rlist2.txt
	   mlist2      = http://stats.example.net/mlist2.txt
	   rlist_html  = http://stats.example.net/rlist.html
	   mlist_html  = http://stats.example.net/mlist.html
	   rlist2_html = http://stats.example.net/rlist2.html
	   mlist2_html = http://stats.example.net/mlist2.html
	   rchain_html = http://stats.example.net/mlist2.html
	   pgpring     = http://stats.example.net/pgp-all.asc
	   pgpring_rsa = http://stats.example.net/pgp-rsa.asc
	   mixring     = http://stats.example.net/pubring.mix
	   type2list   = http://stats.example.net/type2.list

       The file may contain several such definitions.

ENVIRONMENT

       MIXMASTER_UPDATE_CONF
       MIXMASTER_ALLPINGERS
	   See the FILES section abobe.

       HOME
	   Your homedirectory. Used for finding your user configuration file. Also the default destination directory is $HOME/.Mix/

SEE ALSO

       mixmaster(1)

BUGS

       Please report them to the Debian Bug Tracking System as described at "http://bugs.debian.org/" or use a tool like reportbug(1).

AUTHOR

       Peter  Palfrader <peter@palfrader.org>

$Revision: 459 $						    2013-02-08						       MIXMASTER-UPDATE(1)