r2e.1

.TH R2E 1
.SH NAME
r2e \- receive RSS feeds by email
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B r2e [options] <command> [<args>]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR r2e
is a simple program which you can run in your crontab.
It watches RSS feeds and sends you nicely formatted email message
for each new item.
.P
For a quick start with \fBr2e\fR, try these steps:
.P
.RS 4
.nf
.BI "r2e new " "your@yourdomain.com"
.BI "r2e add " "feedname http://feed.url/somewhere.rss"
.BI "r2e run"
.RE
.P
The last command should eventually be put into your crontab, if you
want things be sent you automatically.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 4
\-\-help
Print the rss2email help and exit.
.TP
\-v, \-\-version
Print the rss2email version and exit.
.TP
\-c, \-\-config \fI<path>\fR
The program configuration is read from $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rss2mail.cfg
by default (see also FILES and ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES below).  Use this
option to set a different configuration file.
.TP
\-d, \-\-data \fI<path>\fR
Dynamic program data is read from $XDG_DATA_HOME/rss2mail\&.json by
default (see also FILES and ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES below).  Use this
option to set a different data file.
.TP
\-V, \-\-verbose
Increment the logging verbosity.
.SH COMMANDS
.TP 4
.B new [\fI<email>\fR]
Create a new feed database. If the \fI<email>\fR argument is given, it
sets the default email address that mails are sent to.
.TP
.B email [\fI<email>\fR]
Update the default target email address to \fI<email>\fR.
.TP
.B add \fI<name>\fR \fI<url>\fR [\fI<email>\fR]
Subscribe to a feed. The \fI<name>\fR argument gives the feed a name
for future manipulation. \fI<url>\fR is the URL of the feed.  The
optional \fI<email>\fR argument is the email address to send new items
to, overriding the default address for this particular feed.  Repeat
for each feed you want to subscribe to.
.TP
.B run [\-\-no-send] [\fI<index>\fR [\fI<index>\fR ...]]
Scan the feeds and send emails for new items. This can be run in a cron
job.
.P
.RS 4
The \-\-no-send option stops \fBr2e\fR from sending any email. This can be
useful the first time you run it, as otherwise it would send an email
for every available feed entry.
.P
If an \fI<index>\fR is specified, \fBr2e\fR will only download that
feed. \fI<index>\fR can be either the feed name (as set by \fBadd\fR)
or the feed index (as shown by \fBlist\fR).
.RE
.TP
.B list
List all the feeds in the database.
.TP
.B pause [\fI<index>\fR [\fI<index>\fR ...]]
Pause feeds (disable fetching).  The \fI<index>\fR option selects the
feed(s) to pause (see \fBrun\fR for possible values).  If no
\fI<index>\fR is given, all feeds are paused.
.TP
.B unpause [\fI<index>\fR [\fI<index>\fR ...]]
Unpause feeds (enable fetching).
.TP
.B delete \fI<index>\fR [\fI<index>\fR [\fI<index>\fR ...]]
Remove a feed (or feeds) from the database.  The \fI<index>\fR option
selects the feed(s) to delete (see \fBrun\fR for possible values).
.TP
.B reset [\fI<index>\fR [\fI<index>\fR ...]]
Forget dynamic feed data (e.g. to re-send old entries).  The
\fI<index>\fR option selects the feed(s) to reset (see \fBrun\fR for
possible values).  If no \fI<index>\fR is given, all feeds are reset.
.TP
.B opmlimport [\fI<path>\fR]
Import new feeds from OPML.  \fI<path>\fR is the file from which the
OPML data will be read.  If \fI<path>\fR is not given \fBr2e\fR reads
the data from stdin.
.TP
.B opmlexport [\fI<path>\fR]
Export all feeds to OPML.  \fI<path>\fR is the file to which the OPML
data will be written.  If \fI<path>\fR is not given \fBr2e\fR writes
the data to stdout.
.SH "CONFIGURATION"
The program's behavior can be controlled via the
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rss2email.cfg (see also FILES and ENVIRONMENT
VARIABLES below). The file format is similar to a Microsoft Windows
INI file.  It is parsed by Python's ConfigParser class, so see the
Python documentation at
http://docs\&.python\&.org/3/library/configparser\&.html for format
details.
.P
The config file stores general configuration (applied to all feeds) in
the \fB[DEFAULT]\fR section.  The \fBnew\fR command will create a
configuration file for you, which you can edit as you see fit.  The
\fBadd\fR command will add feed-specific sections.  To override any a
setting for all feeds, change the value in the \fB[DEFAULT]\fR
section.  To override a setting for a particular feed, add that
setting to the feed-specific section.  Here is an example overriding
\fBuse-publisher-email\fR and \fBname-format\fR for the
\fBfeedname\fR feed.
.P
.RS 4
.nf
[DEFAULT]
from = user@rss2email.invalid
force-from = False
use-publisher-email = False
name-format = {feed-title}: {author}
  .\|.\|.
verbose = warning

[feed.feedname]
url = http://feed.url/somewhere.rss
use-publisher-email = True
name-format = {author} ({feed.title})
.RE
.P
.SH FILES
.TP 4
.B $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rss2email.cfg
If this file exists, it it read to configure the program.
.TP
.B $XDG_DATA_HOME/rss2email\&.json
The database of feeds. Use \fBr2e\fR to add, remove, or modify feeds,
do not edit it directly.
.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
The environment variables used by \fBr2e\fR are all defined in the XDG
Base Directory Specification, which aims to standardize locations for
user-specific configuration and data files.
.TP 4
.B XDG_CONFIG_HOME
The preferred directory for configuration files.  Defaults to
$HOME/\&.config.
.TP
.B XDG_DATA_HOME
The preferred directory for data files.  Defaults to
$HOME/\&.local/share.
.TP
.B XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
A colon ':' separated, preference ordered list of base directories for
configuration files in addition to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME.  Defaults to
/etc/xdg.  If multiple configuration files are found in this path,
they will all be read by the ConfigParser class (see also
CONFIGURATION above).
.TP
.B XDG_DATA_DIRS
A colon ':' separated, preference ordered list of base directories for
data files.  Defaults to /usr/local/share/:/usr/share/.  Only the
first matching file is used.
.B 
.SH AUTHORS
rss2email was started by Aaron Swartz, and is currently maintained by
W. Trevor King.  For a more complete list of contributors, see the
__contributors__ list in rss2email/__init__\&.py.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to the mailing list (see the README for details).