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\name{chooseCRANmirror}
\alias{chooseCRANmirror}
\alias{getCRANmirrors}
\title{Select a CRAN Mirror}
\description{
  Interact with the user to choose a CRAN mirror.
}
\usage{
chooseCRANmirror(graphics = getOption("menu.graphics"))

getCRANmirrors(all = FALSE, local.only = FALSE)
}
\arguments{
  \item{graphics}{Logical. If true, use a graphical list: on Windows or
    Mac OS X GUI use a list box, and on a Unix-alike if package
    \pkg{tcltk} and an X server are available, use a Tk
    widget. Otherwise use a text \code{\link{menu}}.}
  
  \item{all}{Logical, get all known mirrors or only the ones flagged as OK.}
  \item{local.only}{Logical, try to get most recent list from CRAN or
    use file on local disk only.}
}
\details{
  A list of mirrors is stored in file
  \file{\var{\link{R_HOME}}/doc/CRAN_mirrors.csv}, but first an on-line list of
  current mirrors is consulted, and the file copy used only if the
  on-line list is inaccessible.

  This function was originally written to support a Windows GUI menu
  item, but is also called by \code{\link{contrib.url}} if it finds the
  initial dummy value of \code{\link{options}("repos")}.
}
\value{
  None for \code{chooseCRANmirror()}, this function is invoked for its
  side effect of updating \code{options("repos")}.

  \code{getCRANmirrors()} returns a data frame with mirror information.
}
\seealso{
  \code{\link{setRepositories}}, \code{\link{chooseBioCmirror}},
  \code{\link{contrib.url}}.
}
\keyword{ utilities }