SYNOPSIS

    tv_grab_in --help

    tv_grab_in --version

    tv_grab_in --capabilities

    tv_grab_in --configure [--config-file FILE]
                                [--auto-config add|ignore]
                              [--gui OPTION]

    tv_grab_in --list-lineups [--config-file FILE] [--dd-data FILE]
                                 [--reprocess]

    tv_grab_in [--config-file FILE] [--dd-data FILE]
                  [--auto-config add|ignore]
                  [--days N] [--offset N] [--quiet] [--notrim]
                  [--output FILE]
                  [--list-channel]

DESCRIPTION

This script downloads \s-1TV\s0 listings using What's On's \s-1XMLTV\s0 data service.

To obtain a free password:

1. Connect to http://www.whatsonindia.com and register yourself 2. During registration, please check the "sign-up for XMLTV" option (Under TV Preferences) 3. Once done, click on submit your information.

Once you've registered, you can use --configure

Stand-alone options

--help

Print a help message and exit.

--version

Show the version of the grabber.

--capabilities

Show which capabilities the grabber supports. For more information, see <http://wiki.xmltv.org/index.php/XmltvCapabilities>

Mode selection (default is grab mode)

--configure

Activates configure mode. If a config file already exists the values are used as defaults.

--gui \s-1OPTION\s0

Use this option to enable a graphical interface to be used. \s-1OPTION\s0 may be 'Tk', or left blank for the best available choice. Additional allowed values of \s-1OPTION\s0 are 'Term' for normal terminal output (default) and 'TermNoProgressBar' to disable the use of Term::ProgressBar.

--list-lineups

Lists available lineups.

General Options

--config-file file

Set the name of the configuration file, the default is ~/.xmltv/tv_grab_in.conf. This is the file created during \*(L"--configure\*(R" mode.

--auto-config add|ignore

When used in --configure mode, updates the config file, removing old channels, and adding or ignoring new channels. Prompts are skipped if defaults are available in the current config file. When used in grab mode, appends new channels to the config file.

Grabber Mode options

--days n

Grab n days. The default is 7.

--offset n

Start N days after the default.

--quiet

Suppress some messages normally written to standard error.

--output file

Write xml to file rather than standard output.

--list-channel

Same as --days 0

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Author

Author/Maintainer: Robert Eden, [email protected]