NAME

minicpan-fromlist - uses CPAN::Mini::FromList to create or update a local mirror

SYNOPSIS

minicpan-fromlist [options]

Options
  -l LOCAL   - where is the local minicpan?     (required)
  -r REMOTE  - where is the remote cpan mirror? (required)
  -d 0###    - permissions (numeric) to use when creating directories
  -q         - run in quiet mode (don't print status)

DESCRIPTION

This simple shell script just updates (or creates) a miniature CPAN mirror as described in CPAN::Mini::FromList.

The local and remote mirror locations are (for now) hardcoded and should be updated before running this script for the first time.

CONFIGURATION FILE

minicpan will read the file ~/.minicpanrc to get configuration information. The file is a simple set of names and values, as in the following example:

local:  /home/rjbs/mirrors/minicpan/
local_fromlist:  /home/domm/cpants/fake_cpan
remote: http://your.favorite.cpan/cpan/
exact_mirror: 1

Please note that local will not be used by minicpan_fromlist. Use local_fromlist instead.

AUTHOR

Thomas Klausner domm@cpan.org

This code was copyrighted in 2008, and is released under the same terms as Perl itself.