pid-recursive in options file, bug or feature?

[Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-717-1197]

I just noticed that if I have --pid-cursive in the command line, gip
will cheerfully pickup a single episode program.
Bug or feature?

On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 4:04 PM, Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-717-1197
<dougfaunt at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks.  That means it's a "feature", I guess.  It's not a big deal, I
> can always add --pid-recursive if I'm getting a series.
> But up through 2.99, having it in my options file was more convenient
> than adding it on a case-by-case basis.
>
> And that's not a postcode, it's my callsign.  And why not put in my
> telephone number?
> best, doug
>
>
> On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 2:58 PM, Vangelis forthnet
> <northmedia1 at the.forthnet.gr> wrote:
>> On Thu May 4 14:12:59 BST 2017, Doug Faunt wrote:
>>>
>>> I hope that signature is gone.
>>
>>
>> Yes it is... Many thanks...(though, TBH, I can't figure out why you need to
>> share with the rest of the world your postcode and telephone number...LOL).
>>
>>> Here's an example of not working with pidrecursive in options file and
>>> then working after removal.
>>
>>
>> Why must you have "pidrecursive 1" inside your options file? The
>> "--pid-recersive" switch was intended to be only used in conjuction with
>> brand/series PIDs; b05nt1vb is just an episode PID, so I'd say what you get
>> is to be expected...
>> In fact, if you manually try to load
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nt1vb/episodes/player?page=1
>>
>> in a browser, you'll get a "Sorry, that page was not found" error...
>>
>> With the XML feeds now permanently removed, GiP 3.00 relies only to
>> webscraping to parse brand/series PIDs. In fact, recursive downloading was
>> unavailable after the removal of XML feeds, since the JSON ones do not
>> provide such function, but was added (through XML page parsing) in the
>> following commit:
>> https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/commit/1032f22
>>
>> If, while the XML feeds were still alive, GiP 2.99- would not error out when
>> fed an episode PID with "pidrecursive 1" present inside options, then I'd
>> say that was a "bugged" behaviour, whereas the current one is "normal"
>> Regards.
>>
>>
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