Re: [Pan-users] Automating NZB downloads

[Ron Johnson]

On 11/08/2011 01:32 AM, Heinrich Mueller wrote:
> Am 08.11.2011 00:46, schrieb Ron Johnson:
[snip]
> > You could also implement it in a loop:
> >
> > cd /home/g/Films
> > tmpfile=$(mktemp -u)
> > QUEUE=~/my_list_of_NZBs.txt
> > while [ -s $QUEUE ]; do
> > NZB=$(head -n1 $QUEUE)
> > pan --no-gui -o . --nzb "$NZB"
> > sed '1d' $QUEUE > $tmpfile
> > mv $tmpfile $QUEUE
> > done
> AFAIK pan parses the command line after the --nzb switch in the way
> that each following argument is _one_ nzb file.
> pan --no-gui -o . --nzb nzb1.nzb nzb2.nzb etc ... works.

So "help" says.  :)

I like the file-based loop technique (which I use when converting TV 
episodes from a DVD) because it allows me to dynamically add/subtract 
items to/from the queue file.

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