minicpan − uses CPAN::Mini to create or update a local mirror
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 −q − run in quiet mode (don't print status) −qq − run in silent mode (don't even print warnings)
This simple shell script just updates (or creates) a miniature CPAN mirror as described in CPAN::Mini.
The local and remote mirror locations are (for now) hardcoded and should be updated before running this script for the first time.
"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/ remote: http://your.favorite.cpan/cpan/ exact_mirror: 1
Improve command-line options.
Randal Schwartz’s original article, which can be found here:
http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/col42.html
Randal Schwartz <merlyn AT stonehenge DOT com> did all the work.
Ricardo SIGNES <rjbs AT cpan DOT org> made a module and distribution.
This code was copyrighted in 2004, and is released under the same terms as Perl itself.