note 103270 added to ref.geoip

From: Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:26:27 +0000
Subject: note 103270 added to ref.geoip
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Hello, While trying to update the GeoIP.dat file under debian, I've found out that automatic updates via the geoipupdate (in geoip-bin package) is not available for the free edition. Here is a one-liner script that will do it. You can put it in a crontab, it will download the .dat file only if it has change : cd /usr/share/GeoIP && wget GEOIP_URL -N && cat GeoIP.dat.gz | gzip -d > GeoIP.dat Note : GEOIP_URL is to be found on the page http://www.maxmind.com/app/geoip_country, under the Binary Format section (The php note system won't allow me to put the full URL here Crontab line could be : @weekly cd /usr/share/GeoIP && (..) ---- Server IP: 89.31.146.176 Probable Submitter: 80.13.3.59 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.geoip.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/103270 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103270/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103270/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103270/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103270/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103270/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103270/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103270 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/103270 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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