man tv_grab_uk_rt () - Grab TV listings for Britain and Ireland

NAME

tv_grab_uk_rt - Grab TV listings for Britain and Ireland

SYNOPSIS

tv_grab_uk_rt --help

tv_grab_uk_rt [--config-file FILE] --configure [--gui OPTION]

tv_grab_uk_rt [--config-file FILE] [--output FILE] [--quiet] [--days N] [--offset N] [--list-channels]

DESCRIPTION

Output TV and radio listings in XMLTV format for many stations available in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The data comes from a machine-readable file produced by the Radio Times website.

USAGE

First you must run tv_grab_uk_rt --configure to choose which stations you want to receive. Then running tv_grab_uk_rt with no arguments will get about a fortnight's listings for the stations you chose.

--configure Prompt for which stations to download and write the configuration file.

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

--config-file FILE Set the name of the configuration file, the default is ~/.xmltv/tv_grab_uk_rt.conf. This is the file written by --configure and read when grabbing.

--output FILE When grabbing, write output to FILE rather than standard output.

--quiet suppress the progress messages normally written to standard error.

--days N Not currently supported, included for compatability.

--offset N Not currently supported, included for compatability.

--list-channels List channels.

--help print a help message and exit.

SEE ALSO

xmltv(5), <http://www.radiotimes.beeb.com/>

AUTHOR

Ed Avis, ed@membled.com