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Old 03-18-2008
Question RSS feeds to Email

Hi all ;-)

I would like to know if somebody knows a way to make a script for check a .xml RSS page every 1-5 min and send the last news to an email address.

I would like to put in on my shell with FreeBSD 6.2

Thanks you in advance 4 help!

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NRSS(1) 							       NRSS								   NRSS(1)

NAME
NRSS - An ncurses RSS reader DESCRIPTION
NRSS is an RSS reader built to use minimal amounts of external libraries, using a minimal interface while maintaining a featureful client. COMMAND LINE USAGE
-h Simple help -v Print version -c [num] Set number of columns -D [path] Set the configuration directory (default: ~/.nrss/) -C [path] Set the configuration file (default: ~/.nrss/config) -F [path] Set the feed directory (default: ~/.nrss/feeds) -L [path] Set the log file (default: ~/.nrss/log) INTERNAL USAGE
Within the program you can use the following (default) keys. These can be changed in your configuration file by using the "key" command. UP or DOWN Select previous or next item/feed (next) (prev) PGUP or PGDOWN Goto previous or next feed (next-feed) (prev-feed) h Display usage (toggle-usage) C Toggle collapse all feeds (toggle-collapse-all) Space Collapse a feed or read a story (default) g Use the defined browser to goto the item's URL (goto) x Show all items in feed (toggle-expand) r Refresh the current feed (refresh) R Refresh all (refresh-all) M Mark all read (mark-all-read) D Redraw screen (redraw) q Quit NRSS (quit) CONFIGURATION
The ~/.nrss/config file is where all of the configuration is. You can start by using the example config below. EXAMPLE CONFIG
default_rate "5" default_show "30" default_maxitems "50" #Add some feeds add "http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot" "Slashdot" add "http://www.digg.com/rss/index.xml" "Digg All" add "http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/front_page/rss.xml" "BBC" add "http://www.osnews.com/files/recent.xml" "OSNews" add "http://distrowatch.com/news/dw.xml" "DistroWatch" #Change rate for Slashdot rate "30" "Slashdot" #These aren't defaults, but examples browser "/usr/bin/elinks %u" #Text browsers should enable this browser_wait "1" FILES
~/.nrss/config Main configuration file. For advanced usage, see the online configuration documentation: http://codezen.org/nrss-config ~/.nrss/log Everyday log file. ~/.nrss/feeds/ This is where the raw XML is stored. BUGS
None known, but it's not outside of the realm of possibility =P. HOMEPAGE
http://codezen.org/nrss AUTHOR
Jack Miller <jjm2n4@umr.edu> Version 0.3.9 26 February 2008 NRSS(1)