tv_grab_fr (1)

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NAME

tv_grab_fr - Grab TV listings for France.

SYNOPSIS

 To configure:
   tv_grab_fr --configure [--config-file FILE] [--gui OPTION]
 To grab listings:
   tv_grab_fr [--config-file FILE] [--output FILE] [--days N]
    [--offset N] [--quiet] [--debug]
 To list available channels:
   tv_grab_fr --list-channels
 To show capabilities:
   tv_grab_fr --capabilities
 To show version:
   tv_grab_fr --version
 Help:
   tv_grab_fr --help

DESCRIPTION

Output listings for many channels available in France (Orange, Free, cable/ADSL/satellite, Canal+ Sat). The data comes from telestar.fr. The default is to grab 7 days, but there are usually 14 days of listings available from the current day onwards.

Grabbing speed varies, but is typically 1-2 minutes/day/channel.

--configure Choose which bouquets/channels to grab listings data for.

--list-channels List all available channels.

--config-file

Use as config file instead of the default config file. This allows for different config files for different applications.

--gui

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

--output

Write to rather than standard output.

--days N Grab N days (default 7, maximum 14) starting from today.

--offset N Start grabbing N days from today, rather than starting today.

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

--debug Provide additional debugging messages during processing.

--capabilities Show which capabilities the grabber supports. For more information, see <wiki.xmltv.org/index.php/XmltvCapabilities>.

--version Show the version of the grabber.

--help Print a help message and exit.

SEE ALSO

xmltv(5)

AUTHOR

The current version of the script was rewritten by Nick Morrott, knowledgejunkie at gmail dot com, to support the new telestar.fr site.

The original author was Sylvain Fabre, centraladmin at lahiette dot com, with patches from:
  - Francois Gouget, fgouget at free dot fr,
  - Geoff Westcott, honir999 at gmail dot com,
  - Karl Dietz, dekarl at spaetfruehstuecken dot org,
  - Niel Markwick, nielm at bigfoot dot com,
  - Zubrick, zubrick at number6 dot ch,
  - and many more!