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iSpider.py 2004-09-11 5.9 kB
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The iSpider is an content aggregator which copies files to an iPod on the mac. Based on the iPodder idea of Adam Curry (www.ipodder.org), there's another project on sourceforge with that name. 

What it does:
Files are downloaded automatically from the rss or html files found at the urls in favorites.txt

some examples to run it:
python iSpider.py (uses default favorites.txt)
or to use full pathnames:
python /Users/erikdj/Desktop/workspace/iPodder/iSpider.py -f "/Users/yourname/Desktop/workspace/iPodder/favorites.txt"

On the mac it's possible to make it run at timed intervals using a cron job, the are set with the command crontab.

to set it to run every hour, you can do the following:
start a terminal

[crontab -e]
[press i]
[type]
00 * * * * python /Users/erikdj/Desktop/workspace/iPodder/iSpider.py -f "/Users/yourname/Desktop/workspace/iPodder/favorites.txt"
[press escape]
[press shift-z-z]

to learn more about crontab try [man crontab]

Hope you find it usefull.

Erik
Source: readme.txt, updated 2004-09-11