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TV_MERGE(1)           User Contributed Perl Documentation          TV_MERGE(1)

NAME
       tv_merge - Merge (combine) two XMLTV files.

SYNOPSIS
       tv_merge -i FILE -m FILE -o FILE

DESCRIPTION
       Read XMLTV listings from two files and merge them together.  Unlike
       tv_cat (which just joins files) this will update (add/replace/delete)
       the origin XMLTV file with channels and programmes contained in the
       second file.

       It works with multiple channels, and will insert any new programmes and
       delete any overlapping programmes.

       IMPORTANT The input files must be pre-sorted into datetime within
       channel order by using the "--by-channel" option to tv_sort
         e.g. tv_sort --by-channel --output FILE  FILE

       All programmes must have start and stop times.

       (Note: Programmes in the merged-in file replace any in the master file,
       i.e. data are not updated within programmes)

       This program uses XML::TreePP which doesn't write <DOCTYPE> definitions
       in the output file. If you need to add a suitable <DOCTYPE> tag then
       use the -t parameter.
         e.g. tv_merge -i FILE -m FILE -o FILE -t

EXAMPLE
       Use "tv_merge -i master.xml -m newadditions.xml -o newmaster.xml" to
       merge all channels/programmes in newadditions.xml.

SEE ALSO
       xmltv(5)

AUTHOR
       Copyright Geoff Westcott, February 2013.

       This code is distributed under the GNU General Public License v2
       (GPLv2) .

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