1Canto-fetch(1)                    Canto-fetch                   Canto-fetch(1)
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NAME

6       Canto-fetch - A quiet feed fetcher.
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DESCRIPTION

9       Canto-fetch  is  designed  to  be run through a cron job, every minute.
10       Every time it's run, it checks the timestamp on  each  index  file  and
11       updates  the  feed,  if  necessary.  The format it produces is a simple
12       UTF-8 encoded, NULL delimited text file on disk, readable by the  canto
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GETTING STARTED

17       Canto-fetch  is  meant  to  be used through a cron, adding this line to
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20       * * * * * canto-fetch
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22       Alternatively, if you're unable/uncomfortable using  cron,  canto-fetch
23       has  a  background  daemon  mode so you can invoke it in your X session
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USAGE

30       These options correspond to options to the canto client.
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33       -h / --help
34              Print usage and quit.
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46              Continue to check for updates every minute. Mostly for debugging
47              with -V, users probably want -b to background.
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51              Detach from the terminal (implies -d)
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58       -C / --conf [PATH]
59              Set path to configuration file (default: ~/.canto/conf)
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63              Set path to feed directory (default: ~/.canto/feeds/)
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67              Set path to log (default: ~/.canto/fetchlog)
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71              Set the path to execurl scripts (default ~/.canto/scripts/)
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FILES

75       ~/.canto/fetchlog
76              Canto-fetch log file.
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80              This is the directory where canto-fetch records stories.
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BUGS

84       None known, but it's not outside of the realm of possibility =P.
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HOMEPAGE

88       http://codezen.org/canto
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AUTHOR

92       Jack Miller <jack@codezen.org>
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96Version 0.7.4                   17 August 2009                  Canto-fetch(1)
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