Changes between Version 35 and Version 36 of FAQ

Timestamp:

06/22/08 05:03:45 (5 years ago)

Author:

paulx@… (IP: 124.171.190.148)

Comment:

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FAQ

@@ -56 +56 @@
 Some of Shepherd's grabbers require additional Perl modules to be installed, without which they won't function. They are listed as "optional" because Shepherd does not rely on any individual grabber to do its job; instead it draws on as many or as few of its available grabbers as necessary to acquire guide data for the time period and channels you want.
 
-Sometimes Shepherd can do this with a single grabber. More commonly, it employes multiple grabbers and combines their results.
+Sometimes Shepherd can do this with a single grabber. More commonly, it employees multiple grabbers and combines their results.
 
 Generally speaking, Shepherd can perform very well even if some of its grabbers are disabled or unsupported (i.e. missing modules). However, it will probably perform more efficiently, reliably, and possibly more accurately if you can enable all of its grabbers.
@@ -144 +144 @@
 === Can I specify different configuration files for Shepherd to use? ===
 
-No. Shepherd always expects to use the same configuration file (usually ''~/.shepherd/shepherd.conf''). If this is a problem for you, please let us know.
-
+No. Shepherd always expects to use the same configuration file (usually ''~/.shepherd/shepherd.conf'').
+
+You can use tricks like changing the environment variable HOME, to run multiple installs of shepherd.  But it's not very efficient, in that it will lead to a fair bit of redundant downloading, but otherwise it is a good solution for someone wanting data from multiple regions.
+{{{
+HOME=/first/directory /first/directory/.shepherd/shepherd
+
+HOME=/second/directory /second/directory/.shepherd/shepherd
+}}}
+
+Another similar way is to 'mv' the .shepherd directory.
+{{{
+mv ~/.shepherd ~/.shepherd.1
+mv ~/.shepherd.2 ~/.shepherd
+~/.shepherd/shepherd
+
+mv ~/.shepherd ~/.shepherd.2
+mv ~/.shepherd.1 ~/.shepherd
+~/.shepherd/shepherd
+}}}
 
 === My high definition (HD) channels are missing programs? ===
@@ -225 +242 @@
 === How can I prevent mythfilldatabase adding unwanted channels to my video sources? ===
 
-Make sure mythfilldatabase (not Shepherd) is invoked with the "--update" option, so it will not add any missing channels to your video sources. (This can be an issue if you have video sources that receive different sets of channels.)
+Make sure mythfilldatabase (not Shepherd) is invoked with the "--update" option, so it will not add any missing channels to your video sources. (This can be an issue if you have video sources that receive different sets of channels, for example free tv and pay tv.)
 
 
@@ -247 +264 @@
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-If you need to set your machine's timezone, Debian-based distributions can use the 'tzconfig' command (run as root). The TZ environment variable could also be set to correct any differences. Add in ~/.profile (to make it user specific), /etc/profile (to make it machine wide), eg:
+If you need to set your machine's timezone, Debian-based distributions can use the 'tzconfig' command (run as root). The TZ environment variable could also be set to correct any differences. Add in ~/.profile (to make it user specific), /etc/profile (to make it machine wide), or just before you execute shepherd. eg:
 
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