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NAME

Podget

SYNOPSIS

podget <options> [command]
podget -h | --help

DESCRIPTION

OPTIONS

-c, --config <FILE>
Name of configuration file.
-C, --cleanup
Skip downloading and only run cleanup loop.
--cleanup_days <NUMBER>
Cleanup files older than <NUMBER> days.
--cleanup_simulate
Simulate cleanup loop to see what files would be deleted.
-d, --dir_config <DIRECTORY>
Directory that configuration files are stored in.
-f, --force
Force download of items from each feed even if they've already been downloaded.
--import_opml <FILE or URL>
Import servers from OPML file or HTTP/FTP URL.
--import_pcast <FILE or URL>
Import server from iTunes PCAST file or HTTP/FTP URL.
-l, --library <DIRECTORY>
Directory to store downloaded files in.
-p, --playlist-asx
In addition to M3U playlists, create ASX playlists.
-r, --recent <COUNT>
Download only the <COUNT> newest items from each feed.
--serverlist <FILE>
Use <FILE> as serverlist instead of default.
-s, --silent
Run silently (for cron jobs).
-v
Set verbosity to level 1.
--verbosity <LEVEL>
Set verbosity level (0-3).
-h, --help
Display help.
 

EXAMPLE CRON JOB

Once podget is running acceptably, its most useful if you run it from a cron job so that the new songs are available to play or load onto a portable player and you dont have to wait for them to download.
To edit your crontab, do: 
  $ crontab -e
Then insert one line (i for insert mode), like the following: 
  15 04 * * * /usr/bin/podget -s
This will run podget at 4:15 AM every day.

AUTOMATIC CLEANUP

You can enabled automatic cleanup with every run by configuring it in your $HOME/. podget/podgetrc file. Simply set the following options: 
  # Autocleanup. 
  # 0 == disabled
  # 1 == delete any old content
  cleanup=1


  # Number of days to keep files.   Cleanup will remove anything 
  # older than this.
  cleanup_days=7
However, some people prefer to run cleanup as a seperate cron session. To do that, set the options in .podgetrc to: 
  # Autocleanup.
  # 0 == disabled
  # 1 == delete any old content
  cleanup=0


  # Number of days to keep files.   Cleanup will remove anything
  # older than this.
  cleanup_days=7
And add a cron job to run cleanup, like one of these examples: 
  # Once a week on Sunday at 04:15AM
  15 04 * * Sun /usr/bin/podget -C

SESSION CONTROL

Podget checks for already running sessions when it starts and exits if any are found.
Each session requires its own core configuration file, so for multiple sessions simply provide a unique -c <configfile> option for each.

EXAMPLE SERVER LIST

By default, Podget uses $HOME/. podget/serverlist for the default list of servers
to contact.
However you can configure the name with the config_serverlist variable in your $HOME/. podget/podgetrc file.
The default format is: <url> <category> <name>
Note: Category must be one word.
Example: 
  # Default Server List for podget
  # FORMAT:    <url> <category> <name>
  # NOTE: Category must be one word
  http://www.distortedview.com/show/index.xml Humor Distorted View
  http://www.podcastingnews.com/forum/links.php?func=show&id=214 IT In the Trenches
  http://www.lugradio.org/episodes.rss Linux LUG Radio
  http://thelinuxlink.net/tllts/tllts.rss Linux The Linux Link
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/mp3/podcast.xml Philosophy BBC: In Our Time
  http://www.privacyfreaks.org/podcast.php privacy Privacy Freaks
  http://www.rsasecurity.com/blog/rssfeed.asp security Speaking of Security
  http://dl.chickencat.com/podcast.php privacy Digital Liberties
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/LiveAmmo security LiveAmmo
HANDLING UTF-16 FEEDS
Some servers provide their feeds in UTF-16 format rather than the more common UTF-8.
To automatically convert these files, create a secondary serverlist at: 
        $HOME/.podget/serverlist.utf16
Remember to change the name of the serverlist to match what you set it to with config_serverlist if you changed it.

AUTHORS

Dave Vehrs
January 6, 2007 DOC