#!/bin/env bash # This is a simple script to fetch and update Arch and EndeavourOS mirrors # using rate-mirrors. # Syntax get-best-mirrors.sh (nothing means both) # I run it weekly using anacron. update_arch() { # Create temporary file to output to TMPFILE_ARCH="$(mktemp)" # Rank Arch mirrors echo "====================================================================================================" echo "Ranking Arch mirrors" echo "====================================================================================================" sudo -u sintan rate-mirrors --protocol=https --save=$TMPFILE_ARCH arch # Create backup directory if not present already sudo mkdir -p /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-backup # Place the new mirrorlist and do a backup sudo mv /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-backup/mirrorlist.$TIME sudo mv $TMPFILE_ARCH /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist } update_eos() { # Create temporary file to output to TMPFILE_EOS="$(mktemp)" # Rank EndeavourOS mirrors echo $'\n'"====================================================================================================" echo "Ranking EndeavourOS mirrors" echo "====================================================================================================" sudo -u sintan rate-mirrors --protocol=https --save=$TMPFILE_EOS endeavouros # Create backup directory if not present already sudo mkdir -p /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-backup # Place the new mirrorlist and do a backup sudo mv /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-backup/endeavouros-mirrorlist.$TIME sudo mv $TMPFILE_EOS /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist # Remove files created by eos-rankmirror, if any sudo find /etc/pacman.d/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "endeavouros-mirrorlist\.*" -exec rm -v {} \; } # Get the current time TIME="$(date '+%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S')" if [ "$1" == "arch" ]; then update_arch elif [ "$1" == "eos" ]; then update_eos else update_arch update_eos fi # Do some cleanup, keep only the last 3 backups echo $'\n'"====================================================================================================" echo "Cleaning up old backups to keep only the latest 3" find /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-backup/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "mirrorlist\.[[:digit:]]*" -printf '%Ts\t%P\n' | sort -rn | tail -n +4 | cut -f2- | sudo xargs -r -I {} rm -v "/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-backup/{}" find /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-backup/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "endeavouros-mirrorlist\.[[:digit:]]*" -printf '%Ts\t%P\n' | sort -rn | tail -n +4 | cut -f2- | sudo xargs -r -I {} rm -v "/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-backup/{}" echo "Done!"