Method: GeoIP#initialize

Defined in:
lib/geoip.rb

#initialize(filename, options = {}) ⇒ GeoIP

Open the GeoIP database and determine the file format version.

filename is a String holding the path to the GeoIP.dat file options is a Hash allowing you to specify the caching options



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# File 'lib/geoip.rb', line 225

def initialize(filename, options = {})
  if options[:preload] || !IO.respond_to?(:pread)
    @mutex = Mutex.new
  end

  @use_pread = IO.respond_to?(:pread) && !options[:preload]

  @options = options
  @database_type = Edition::COUNTRY
  @record_length = STANDARD_RECORD_LENGTH
  @file = File.open(filename, 'rb')

  detect_database_type!

  preload_data if options[:preload]
end