From f502900c02bcadd9dadceae8655e791a1a2a8321 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Erich Eckner Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 10:01:01 +0200 Subject: reflector-2020.3.21.tar.xz --- man.md/reflector.1.md | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man.md/reflector.1.md (limited to 'man.md') diff --git a/man.md/reflector.1.md b/man.md/reflector.1.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ef107ce --- /dev/null +++ b/man.md/reflector.1.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +# Name + +reflector - retrieve and filter the latest Pacman mirrorlist + +# Synopsis + +`reflector [arguments]` + + +# Description + +reflector is a Python script and associated Python module that can retrieve up-to-date Arch Linux mirror data from the [Mirror Status](https://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/status/) web interface. + + +# Arguments + +See `reflector --help`. + +# Examples + +Print the latest mirrorlist to STDOUT: + +~~~{.sh} +reflector +~~~ + +Sort the five most recently synchronized mirrors by download speed and overwrite the local mirrorlist: + +~~~{.sh} +reflector --latest 5 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist +~~~ + +Select the 200 most recently synchronized HTTP or HTTPS mirrors, sort them by download speed, and overwrite the file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist: + +~~~{.sh} +reflector --latest 200 --protocol http --protocol https --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist +~~~ + +Select the HTTPS mirrors synchronized within the last 12 hours and located in either France or Germany, sort them by download speed, and overwrite the file `/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist` with the results: + +~~~{.sh} +reflector --country France --country Germany --age 12 --protocol https --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist +~~~ + +# See Also + +`pacman(8)` -- cgit v1.2.3