tzap(1)

📦 version 1.1.1+rev1500, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 tzap — like, the manual page, bestie 💖

okay so this is tzap(1), from the General Commands Manual girlies. pull up a chair, grab a snack, we're gonna read a whole manpage together and it's gonna be iconic. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

tzap — a program to process channels.conf files. that's it. that's the whole vibe. she tunes, she processes, she serves. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

tzap [options]<channel_name>
no cap, that's the whole invocation. options go in, channel name goes in, slay comes out. 🦋

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

okay so real talk: this manual page documents briefly the tzap commands. briefly. like a lil tl;dr moment, not a whole dissertation. 📝

tzap is a program to process channels.conf files. that's the main character energy right there. she reads that file, she does her thing. periodt. 👑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

buckle up buttercup, here's every single flag, no skips, no shortcuts, we're doing all of them:

  • -a number — use given adapter (default 0). yes bestie, there's a default, it's 0, don't come for me.
  • -f number — use given frontend (default 0). again with the 0 default. consistent queen. 💅
  • -d number — use given demux (default 0). three defaults, three zeroes, we love a pattern.
  • -c file — read channels list from 'file'. that's the channels.conf moment, iykyk.
  • -x — exit after tuning. she does her job and she LEAVES. no lingering. 💀
  • -H — human readable output. for the girlies who don't speak raw numbers. 🫶
  • -r — set up /dev/dvb/adapterX/dvr0 for TS recording. yes, exactly that path, copy it character for character, don't be weird about it.
  • -s — only print summary. short and sweet, the tl;dr option. ✨
  • -S — run silently (no output). not a single peep. the strong silent type. 🤫
  • -F — set up frontend only, don't touch demux. hands off the demux, she said. 🙅
  • -t number — timeout (seconds). give her a clock bestie. ⏰
  • -o file — output filename (use -o - for stdout). yes, a single dash means stdout, that's the trick, remember it. 🌈
  • -h — display this help and exit. the classic. the icon. the legend. 🎀

🦋 AUTHOR 🦋

This manual page was written by Uwe Bugla <uwe.bugla@gmx.de>. give them their flowers, they wrote the whole thing. 💐

and that's the tea bestie — this was the tzap(1) page as of February 14, 2010, dated like a lil valentine from the General Commands Manual. go forth, tune those channels, and remember: the vibes are immaculate but the flags are exact. 💖✨🎀

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