minicpan - uses CPAN::Mini to create or update a local mirror
version 1.111015
minicpan [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 -f - check all directories, even if indices are unchanged -p - mirror perl, ponie, and parrot distributions --debug - run in debug mode (print even banal messages) -q - run in quiet mode (don't print status) -qq - run in silent mode (don't even print warnings) -c CLASS - what class to use to mirror (default: CPAN::Mini) -C FILE - what config file to use (default: ~/.minicpanrc) -h - print help and exit -v - print version and exit -x - build an exact mirror, getting even normally disallowed files -t SEC - timeout in sec. Defaults to 180 sec --offline - operate in offline mode (generally: do nothing) --log-level - provide a log level; instead of --debug, -q, or -qq --remote-from TYPE - cpan remote from 'cpan' or 'cpanplus' configs
This simple shell script just updates (or creates) a miniature CPAN mirror as described in CPAN::Mini.
By default, minicpan will read a configuration file to get configuration information. The file is a simple set of names and values, as in the following example:
minicpan
local: /home/rjbs/mirrors/minicpan/ remote: http://your.favorite.cpan/cpan/ exact_mirror: 1
minicpan tries to find a configuration file through the following process. It takes the first defined it finds:
Use the value specified by -C on the command line
-C
Use the value in the CPAN_MINI_CONFIG environment variable
CPAN_MINI_CONFIG
Use ~/.minicpanrc
Use CPAN/Mini/minicpan.conf
If the selected file does not exist, minicpan does not keep looking.
You can override this process with a config_file method in your subclass.
config_file
See CPAN::Mini for a full listing of available options.
CPAN::Mini
Improve command-line options.
Randal Schwartz's original article, which can be found here:
http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/col42.html
Ricardo SIGNES <rjbs@cpan.org>
Randal Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
This software is copyright (c) 2004 by Ricardo SIGNES.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
To install CPAN::Mini, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm CPAN::Mini
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install CPAN::Mini
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.