On 6 Dec 2010, at 21:38, Heizer, Charles wrote: > I'm writing a app that will download and install some software. I would > like to use a distributed download model where the client has a list of > servers and determines which is the one closest to it's self and uses that > one. > > Is there a API or something to do this? > > Thanks, > Charles >
What about using traceroute(8) to count hops? Richard Stevens gives a C implementation example: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ptSC4LpwGA0C&pg=PA755&lpg=PA755&dq=traceroute+api&source=bl&ots=Kq9yRnbqOq&sig=RywJNgi3MG21DbSIIO5-7oJqVeQ&hl=en&ei=Gln9TKnVNcrPhAfTu4SVCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&sqi=2&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=traceroute%20api&f=false Regards Jonathan Mitchell Developer Mugginsoft LLP http://www.mugginsoft.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com