---
name: "mixmaster-update"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mixmaster"
version: "3.0.0-8.1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mixmaster-update"
---

# mixmaster-update(1)

Fetch new reliability stats and keyrings for mixmaster

## NAME

mixmaster-update - Fetch new reliability stats and keyrings for mixmaster

## SYNOPSIS

- **mixmaster-update** \[**--verbose**\] \[**--source**=*SOURCE*\] \[**--configfile**=*FILE*\] \[**--destination**=*DIRECTORY*\]

  - **mixmaster-update** **--list-sources**

  - **mixmaster-update** **--help**

  - **mixmaster-update** **--version**

  ## DESCRIPTION

**mixmaster-update** is a simple yet configurable script that downloads latest remailer reliability statistics and keyrings for your mixmaster.

As having uptodate reliability statistics is imperative if you want to make use of remailers it is recommended that you always update this data should it be older that twelve or twentyfour hours and you intent to use mixmaster.

**mixmaster-update** has several built in stats sources. You can view the list of stats sources with the **--list-sources** parameter.

If you want to make use of another stats source which is not listed in the output of **--list-sources** you can do so by setting the location of **mlist** and others in your configuration file.

## OPTIONS

- **--verbose**

  Print verbose output to standard output. May be given more than once to increase verbosity.

- **--source**=*SOURCE*

  Use this built in stats source.

- **--configfile**=*FILE*

  Also parse the configuration file *FILE*.

- **--destination**=*DIRECTORY*

  Write output to *DIRECTORY* rather than the directory given in the config file or ~/.Mix/.

- **--list-sources**

  List available stats sources.

- **--help**

  Print a brief help message and exit successfully.

- **--version**

  Print a version information and exit successfully.

## FILES

- **/etc/mixmaster/update.conf**

  - **~/.Mix/update.conf**

  - MIXMASTER\_UPDATE\_CONF environment

  - **--configfile** parameter

  These files are parsed in this order. Later definitions overwrite older ones. This config file defines proxy settings, where to write the results to and which stats source to use

- **/etc/mixmaster/allpingers.txt**

  - **~/.Mix/allpingers.txt**

  - MIXMASTER\_ALLPINGERS environment

  - **--allpingers** parameter

  These files are parsed in this order. Later definitions overwrite older ones. The **allpingers.txt** is a list of all pingers.

## FILEFORMAT

The **update.conf** configuration file for **mixmaster-update** is simple. Lines with whitespace only are ignored as are lines that have the hash our pound (`"#"`) sign as their first non whitespace character.

Lines are always truncated at the first hash our pound (`"#"`) sign.

Lines are pairs of keys and values separated by a convenient amount of whitespace. The key is case insensitive.

Allowed keys:

- **source**

  Use the builtin stats source with this name

- **destination**

  Write the downloaded data to this directory rather than ~/.Mix

- **proxy**

  Set proxies for different protocols. The value is split into two parts: protocol and proxy URL. They are separated by whitespace.

  ```
    Example:
      PROXY  http  http://proxy.example.com:8080/
      PROXY  ftp   http://proxy.example.com:8080/
  ```

The format for **allpingers.txt** is simple too:

```
  [example]
    base        = http://stats.example.net/
    rlist       = http://stats.example.net/rlist.txt
    mlist       = http://stats.example.net/mlist.txt
    rlist2      = http://stats.example.net/rlist2.txt
    mlist2      = http://stats.example.net/mlist2.txt
    rlist_html  = http://stats.example.net/rlist.html
    mlist_html  = http://stats.example.net/mlist.html
    rlist2_html = http://stats.example.net/rlist2.html
    mlist2_html = http://stats.example.net/mlist2.html
    rchain_html = http://stats.example.net/mlist2.html
    pgpring     = http://stats.example.net/pgp-all.asc
    pgpring_rsa = http://stats.example.net/pgp-rsa.asc
    mixring     = http://stats.example.net/pubring.mix
    type2list   = http://stats.example.net/type2.list
```

The file may contain several such definitions.

## ENVIRONMENT

- MIXMASTER\_UPDATE\_CONF

  - MIXMASTER\_ALLPINGERS

  See the FILES section abobe.

- HOME

  Your homedirectory. Used for finding your user configuration file. Also the default destination directory is `$HOME`/.Mix/

## SEE ALSO

[**mixmaster**(1)](/mixmaster/1.md)

## BUGS

Please report them to the Debian Bug Tracking System as described at `"http://bugs.debian.org/"` or use a tool like [*reportbug*(1)](/reportbug/1.md).

## AUTHOR

Peter  Palfrader \<peter@palfrader.org\>