DESCRIPTION
Canto-fetch is designed to be run through a cron job, every minute. Every time it's run, it checks the timestamp on each index file and updates the feed, if necessary. The format it produces is a simple UTF-8 encoded, NULL delimited text file on disk, readable by the canto client.
GETTING STARTED
Canto-fetch is meant to be used through a cron, adding this line to your crontab will cause canto-fetch to poll every minute.* * * * * canto-fetch
Alternatively, if you're unable/uncomfortable using cron, canto-fetch has a background daemon mode so you can invoke it in your X session scripts. Just use
canto-fetch -b
USAGE
These options correspond to options to the canto client.
- -h / --help
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Print usage and quit.
- -v / --version
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Print version and quit.
- -V / --verbose
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Output status while updating.
- -d / --daemon
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Continue to check for updates every minute. Mostly for debugging with -V, users
probably want -b to background.
- -b / --background
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Detach from the terminal (implies -d)
- -f / --force
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Force updates on all feeds, ignoring timestamps.
- -s / --sysfp
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Use feedparser on system instead of builtin copy.
- -C / --conf [PATH]
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Set path to configuration file (default: ~/.canto/conf)
- -F / --fdir [PATH]
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Set path to feed directory (default: ~/.canto/feeds/)
- -L / --log [PATH]
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Set path to log (default: ~/.canto/fetchlog)
- -S / --sdir [PATH]
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Set the path to execurl scripts (default ~/.canto/scripts/)
FILES
- ~/.canto/fetchlog
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Canto-fetch log file.
- ~/.canto/feeds/
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This is the directory where canto-fetch records stories.
BUGS
None known, but it's not outside of the realm of possibility =P.