NAME

       tv_grab_eu_egon - Grab TV listings for German speaking area.

SYNOPSIS

       tv_grab_eu_egon --help

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

       tv_grab_eu_egon [--config-file FILE]
                  [--days N] [--offset N]
                  [--output FILE] [--quiet] [--debug]

       tv_grab_eu_egon --list-channels [--config-file FILE]
                  [--output FILE] [--quiet] [--debug]

DESCRIPTION

       Output TV and listings in XMLTV format for many stations available in German speaking
       area.

       First you must run tv_grab_eu_egon --configure to choose which stations you want to
       receive.

       Then running tv_grab_eu_egon with no arguments will get a listings for the stations you
       chose for five days including today.

OPTIONS

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

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

       --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.

       --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.

       --debug Provide more information on progress to stderr to help in debugging.

       --list-channels    Output a list of all channels that data is available
                             for. The list is in xmltv-format.

       --version Show the version of the grabber.

       --help Print a help message and exit.

ERROR HANDLING

       If the grabber fails to download data for some channel on a specific day, it will print an
       errormessage to STDERR and then continue with the other channels and days. The grabber
       will exit with a status code of 1 to indicate that the data is incomplete.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       The environment variable HOME can be set to change where configuration files are stored.
       All configuration is stored in $HOME/.xmltv/. On Windows, it might be necessary to set
       HOME to a path without spaces in it.

SUPPORTED CHANNELS

       For information on supported channels, see http://xmltv.spaetfruehstuecken.org/xmltv/

AUTHOR

       Mattias Holmlund, mattias -at- holmlund -dot- se. This documentation and parts of the code
       copied from tv_grab_uk by Ed Avis, ed -at- membled -dot- com.

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