canto-fetch1

Overview

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.

Homepage

http://codezen.org/canto