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NAME

       tv_grab_combiner - Grab listings by combining data from several
       grabbers.


SYNOPSIS

       tv_grab_combiner --help

       tv_grab_combiner --configure [--config-file FILE]

       tv_grab_combiner [--config-file FILE]
                        [--days N] [--offset N]
                        [--output FILE] [--quiet]


DESCRIPTION

       Output TV and listings in XMLTV format by combining data from several
       other grabbers.

       First you must run tv_grab_combiner --configure to choose which
       grabbers you want to grab data with and how these grabbers should be
       configured.

       Then you can run tv_grab_combiner with the --days and --offset options
       to grab data. Omitting these options will use the default values for
       these parameters for each grabber. Since these defaults differs between
       grabbers, you might end up with data for different periods of time for
       different channels.


OPTIONS

       --configure Prompt for which grabbers to use, how these grabbers shall
       be configured and write the configuration file.

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

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

       --days N When grabbing, grab N days rather than 5.

       --offset N Start grabbing at today + N days.  N may be negative.

       --quiet Suppress the progress-bar normally shown on standard error.

       --version Show the version of the grabber.

       --help Print a help message and exit.


ERROR HANDLING

       If any of the called grabbers exit with an error, tv_grab_combiner will
       exit with a status code of 1 to indicate that the data is incomplete.
       If any grabber produces output that is not well-formed xml, the output
       from that grabber will be ignored and tv_grab_combiner will exit with a
       status code of 1.


ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       The environment variable HOME can be set to change where configuration
       files are stored. All configuration is stored in $HOME/.xmltv/.


AUTHOR

       Mattias Holmlund, mattias -at- holmlund -dot- se.


BUGS


perl v5.20.2                      2015-09-15               TV_GRAB_COMBINER(1)

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