/castget

A simple, command-line based RSS enclosure downloader, primarily intended for automatic, unattended downloading of podcasts.

Primary LanguageCGNU General Public License v2.0GPL-2.0

castget

castget is a simple, command-line based RSS enclosure downloader. It is primarily intended for automatic, unattended downloading of podcasts.

Installation and configuration

Please see INSTALL for detailed installation instructions.

Dependencies:

  • glib2 (version 2.14 or higher for optional regular expression filters)
  • libcurl
  • id3lib (optional, for ID3 tag support)

See configure --help for instructions on how to disable these features should any of these libraries be unavailable.

You will find a sample configuration file castgetrc.example in the top level directory of the distribution. You should copy this file to your home directory as .castgetrc and edit it to suit your preferences.

Usage

For usage instructions see the castget(1) and castget(5) man pages.

Development

To rebuild the man pages you will need ronn. Prebuilt man pages are included in the distribution.

Bug reports

Please use the github bug tracker to report bugs.

License

castget is maintained by Marius L. Jøhndal and is available under the LGPL license.