NAME¶
Canto-fetch - A quiet feed fetcher.
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
- Print usage and quit.
- -v / --version
- Print version and quit.
- -V / --verbose
- Output status while updating.
- -d / --daemon
- Continue to check for updates every minute. Mostly for
debugging with -V, users probably want -b to background.
- -b / --background
- Detach from the terminal (implies -d)
- -f / --force
- Force updates on all feeds, ignoring timestamps.
- -s / --sysfp
- Use feedparser on system instead of builtin copy.
- -C / --conf [PATH]
- Set path to configuration file (default: ~/.canto/conf)
- -F / --fdir [PATH]
- Set path to feed directory (default: ~/.canto/feeds/)
- -L / --log [PATH]
- Set path to log (default: ~/.canto/fetchlog)
- -S / --sdir [PATH]
- Set the path to execurl scripts (default ~/.canto/scripts/)
FILES¶
- ~/.canto/fetchlog
- Canto-fetch log file.
- ~/.canto/feeds/
- This is the directory where canto-fetch records stories.
BUGS¶
None known, but it's not outside of the realm of possibility =P.
HOMEPAGE¶
http://codezen.org/canto
AUTHOR¶
Jack Miller <jack@codezen.org>
