debian man page for geo::mirror

Geo::Mirror(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					  Geo::Mirror(3pm)

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.

perl v5.14.2							    2011-08-23							  Geo::Mirror(3pm)