Andrew Hammond wrote: > On 4/9/07, CAJ CAJ <pguser@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 9 Apr 2007 14:47:20 -0700, Andrew Hammond >> <andrew.george.hammond@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > I'm writing a script that wants to know the latest release for a given >> > major.minor version. Is there some better way than parsing >> > http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/ or trying to >> connect to ftp >> > (which is invariably timing out on me today. Is that box getting >> > hammered or something?) and doing the parsing that? Both approaches >> > feel quite awkward to me. >> >> Use wget to download via HTTP (added recently). Probably wise to add a >> couple mirrors in your script. > > I'm not asking how to download stuff. I'm asking how to figure out the > current release number for a given major.minor. I thought that was > clear in my original post, but I guess not. For example, how do I > determine (programmatically) the lastest version of 8.1. Currently you can't without parsing pages. > I'm also interested in a clever way to select one of the "close" > mirrors at random for downloading via http. However I had planned to > hold that question until I'd solved the first issue. You might find this of use: http://www.postgresql.org/mirrors.xml. It's updated regularly, so the mirrors should all have test OK within the last 48 hours. Regards, Dave.
