Modifying preset searches

[Andy Bircumshaw]

Hi there,

I've always had a problem with the syntax of this - I think it was  
explained in the introduction to get_iplayer on Phil Lewis' page. I  
think I had to refer to that last time I needed to do this, but the  
page has been taken down now - at least I can't find it via Google.

What I have is a preset search which I run every day at 9am via a  
cronjob, and it shows all shows that have been posted on the BBC in  
the last 25 hours.

The cronjob command is:

    get_iplayer -z "Daily Summary" --email andy

The search has some exclusions, such as children's shows, football &  
soaps. I can see the settings by from the config file:

$ cat .get_iplayer/presets/Daily_Summary
excludecategory news,weather,football,soaps,politics,disability,Talent  
Shows,swimming
excludechannel alba,cbbc,cbeebies,parliament,news
hide 1
since 25
$


This week is showing a need to exclude the category of "tennis" from  
my daily synopsis.

But as discovered by Bill Denton earlier this week, it's preferable  
not to edit these files directly:
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/get_iplayer/2010-June/000085.html

I'm pretty sure Phil used to give examples showing how to list the  
details of presets ("--preset-list" gives only their names) and how to  
edit them. Can anyone refresh my memory, please?

aB.


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