.TH "EMIRRORDIST" "1" "Dec 2015" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
.SH "NAME"
emirrordist \- a fetch tool for mirroring of package distfiles
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B emirrordist
[\fIoptions\fR] \fI<action>\fR
.SH ACTIONS
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Show a help message and exit.
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
Display portage version and exit.
.TP
\fB\-\-mirror\fR
Mirror distfiles for the selected repository.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-\-dry\-run\fR
Perform a trial run with no changes made (typically combined
with \fI\-v\fR or \fI\-vv\fR).
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Display extra information on stderr (multiple occurences
increase verbosity).
.TP
\fB\-\-ignore\-default\-opts\fR
Do not use the \fIEMIRRORDIST_DEFAULT_OPTS\fR environment
variable.
.TP
\fB\-\-distfiles\fR=\fIDIR\fR
Distfiles directory to use (required).
.TP
\fB\-j\fR JOBS, \fB\-\-jobs\fR=\fIJOBS\fR
Number of concurrent jobs to run.
.TP
\fB\-l\fR LOAD, \fB\-\-load\-average\fR=\fILOAD\fR
Load average limit for spawning of new concurrent jobs.
.TP
\fB\-\-tries\fR=\fITRIES\fR
Maximum number of tries per file, 0 means unlimited
(default is 10).
.TP
\fB\-\-repo\fR=\fIREPO\fR
Name of repo to operate on.
.TP
\fB\-\-config\-root\fR=\fIDIR\fR
Location of portage config files.
.TP
\fB\-\-repositories\-configuration\fR=\fIREPOSITORIES_CONFIGURATION\fR
Override configuration of repositories. The argument of this option has
the same format as repos.conf (see \fBportage\fR(5)).
.TP
\fB\-\-strict\-manifests=\fR<y|n>
Manually override "strict" FEATURES setting.
.TP
\fB\-\-failure\-log\fR=\fIFILE\fR
Log file for fetch failures, with tab\-delimited output, for
reporting purposes. Opened in append mode.
.TP
\fB\-\-success\-log\fR=\fIFILE\fR
Log file for fetch successes, with tab\-delimited output, for
reporting purposes. Opened in append mode.
.TP
\fB\-\-scheduled\-deletion\-log\fR=\fIFILE\fR
Log file for scheduled deletions, with tab\-delimited output, for
reporting purposes. Overwritten with each run.
.TP
\fB\-\-delete\fR
Enable deletion of unused distfiles.
.TP
\fB\-\-deletion\-db\fR=\fIFILE\fR
Database file used to track lifetime of files scheduled for
delayed deletion.
.TP
\fB\-\-deletion\-delay\fR=\fISECONDS\fR
Delay time for deletion of unused distfiles, measured in seconds.
.TP
\fB\-\-temp\-dir\fR=\fIDIR\fR
Temporary directory for downloads.
.TP
\fB\-\-mirror\-overrides\fR=\fIFILE\fR
File holding a list of mirror overrides.
.TP
\fB\-\-mirror\-skip\fR=\fIMIRROR_SKIP\fR
Comma delimited list of mirror targets to skip when
fetching.
.TP
\fB\-\-restrict\-mirror\-exemptions\fR=\fIRESTRICT_MIRROR_EXEMPTIONS\fR
Comma delimited list of mirror targets for which to ignore
RESTRICT="mirror" (see \fBebuild\fR(5)).
.TP
\fB\-\-verify\-existing\-digest\fR
Use digest as a verification of whether existing
distfiles are valid.
.TP
\fB\-\-distfiles\-local\fR=\fIDIR\fR
The distfiles\-local directory to use.
.TP
\fB\-\-distfiles\-db\fR=\fIFILE\fR
Database file used to track which ebuilds a distfile belongs to.
.TP
\fB\-\-recycle\-dir\fR=\fIDIR\fR
Directory for extended retention of files that are removed from
distdir with the \-\-delete option. These files may be be recycled if
they are needed again, instead of downloading them again.
.TP
\fB\-\-recycle\-db\fR=\fIFILE\fR
Database file used to track lifetime of files in recycle dir.
.TP
\fB\-\-recycle\-deletion\-delay\fR=\fISECONDS\fR
Delay time for deletion of unused files from recycle dir,
measured in seconds (defaults to the equivalent of 60 days).
.TP
\fB\-\-fetch\-log\-dir\fR=\fIDIR\fR
Directory for individual fetch logs.
.TP
\fB\-\-whitelist\-from\fR=\fIFILE\fR
Specifies a file containing a list of files to whitelist, one per line,
# prefixed lines ignored. Use this option multiple times in order to
specify multiple whitelists.
.TP
\fB\-\-symlinks\fR
Use symbolic links to link distfiles to the primary layout from other
specified layouts. If not specified, hard links are used instead.
.TP
\fB\-\-layout\-conf\fR=\fIFILE\fR
Specifies alternate mirror \fIlayout.conf\fR file to use in order
to select the desired distfile layout. If not specified,
\fIlayout.conf\fR in \fB\-\-distfiles\fR directory will be used
if present, otherwise flat layout will be assumed.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Please report bugs via https://bugs.gentoo.org/
.SH "THANKS"
Special thanks to Brian Harring, author of the mirror\-dist program from
which emirrordist is derived.
.SH "AUTHORS"
.nf
Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>
Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis <arfrever@apache.org>
.fi
.SH "FILES"
.TP
.B /etc/portage/make.conf
Contains variables.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ebuild (5),
.BR egencache (1),
.BR make.conf (5),
.BR portage (5)