TV_VALI..._GRABBER(1)

📦 version 1.4.0, in alpine 3.24

✨ NAME ✨

Okay so bestie, this is the TV_VALI..._GRABBER(1) page — yes, the title is lowkey doing the most with those ellipses, but the actual tool is tv_validate_grabber, and its whole vibe is: Validate that an xmltv grabber works correctly 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

tv_validate_grabber --help

tv_validate_grabber [--config-file <configfile>] [--keep-files] <cmd>

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

tv_validate_grabber runs a grabber through a series of test to determine if it follows the recommendations described at http://wiki.xmltv.org/index.php/XmltvCapabilities. No cap, it's literally putting your grabber through a vibe check against those recs 🔥

tv_validate_grabber does not assume that the grabber is written in perl. The command does not have to be a single executable, it can also be a complete command-line:

tv_validate_grabber "perl -I lib grab/new/tv_grab_new"

So yeah, you can hand it a whole little command-line situation, not just one binary. Iconic 🎀

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --config-file <configfile> — use the specified file as configuration file for the grabber. If the file does not exist, the grabber is run with --configure to create it. Default is to always run the grabber with --configure first and store the configuration in a temporary file. It's giving "configure first, ask questions later" energy ✨
  • --keep-files — do not delete the output-files generated during the validation. So if you want to keep the receipts from the validation run, this is your flag 👀

✨ AUTHOR ✨

Mattias Holmlund, mattias -at- holmlund -dot- se.

Okay legal bestie moment — here's the whole copyright and license sitch, no edits, because we respect the paperwork 📜

Copyright (C) 2005 Mattias Holmlund.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

That's the whole page, bestie 🫶 it's the TV_VALI..._GRABBER(1) manual page from perl v5.42.2, dated 2025-06-30, and it comes from the User Contributed Perl Documentation. byeee 💖

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