podget.man(7)						      Linux Reference Manual						     podget.man(7)

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

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								 January 06, 2007						     podget.man(7)