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apt-mirror

APT-MIRROR(1)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					     APT-MIRROR(1)

NAME

       apt-mirror - apt sources mirroring tool

SYNOPSIS

       apt-mirror [configfile]

DESCRIPTION

       A small and efficient tool that lets you mirror a part of or the whole Debian GNU/Linux distribution or any other apt sources.

       Main features:
	* It uses a config similar to apts sources.list
	* It's fully pool comply
	* It supports multithreaded downloading
	* It supports multiple architectures at the same time
	* It can automatically remove unneeded files
	* It works well on overloaded channel to internet
	* It never produces an inconsistent mirror including while mirroring
	* It works on all POSIX compliant systems with perl and wget

COMMENTS

       apt-mirror uses /etc/apt/mirror.list as a configuration file.  By default it is tuned to official Debian or Ubuntu mirrors. Change it for
       your needs.

       After you setup the configuration file you may run as root:

	   # su - apt-mirror -c apt-mirror

       Or uncomment line in /etc/cron.d/apt-mirror to enable daily mirror updates.

FILES

       /etc/apt/mirror.list
	       Main configuration file

       /etc/cron.d/apt-mirror
	       Cron configuration template

       /var/spool/apt-mirror/mirror
	       Mirror places here

       /var/spool/apt-mirror/skel
	       Place for temporarily downloaded indexes

       /var/spool/apt-mirror/var
	       Log files placed here. URLs and MD5 summs also here.

CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES

       The mirror.list configuration supports many options, the file is well commented explinging each option.	here are some sample mirror
       configuration lines showing the various supported ways :

       Normal: deb http://example.com/debian stable main contrib non-free

       Arch Specific: ( many other arch's are supported ) deb-powerpc http://example.com/debian stable main contrib non-free

       HTTP and FTP Auth or non-standard port: deb http://user:pass@example.com:8080/debian stable main contrib non-free

       Source Mirroring: deb-src http://example.com/debian stable main contrib non-free

ORIGINAL AUTHOR

       Dmitry N. Hramtsov <hdn@nsu.ru>

CURRENT AUTHORS

       Dmitry N. Hramtsov <hdn@nsu.ru> Brandon Holtsclaw <me@brandonholtsclaw.com>

perl v5.14.2							    2012-01-28							     APT-MIRROR(1)

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