[arm-allstar] playnews-0.6

[Stanley Stanukinos]

Joe, that got it to run. How do I fix it to reflect what Doug's directions state?

Stan

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> On Aug 31, 2015, at 5:43 PM, AD2DX <ad2dx at ad2dx.us> wrote:
> 
> Stanley,
> The executable is most likely not in the path. Try preceding it with ./ as in ./playnews and the rest
> 
> 73
> Joe Lauricella - AD2DX
> AD2DX at AD2DX dot US
> (Sent from my iPhone)
> 
> On Aug 31, 2015, at 18:38, Stanley Stanukinos <ka5iid at swbell.net> wrote:
> 
>> Doug, have the playnews file in the /etc/asterisk/local/playnews directory and did the rename to remove the -0.6. ls shows it there. When I try and run playnews ARRL NOW L it states -bash: playnews: command not found
>> 
>> What am I missing, permissions maybe?
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Aug 30, 2015, at 11:01 PM, Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I put a new version of playnews up on hamvoip.org in the howto section. It includes a request for playing now in console mode. This is useful if you want to get everything ready to play and manually hit a key to start it.
>>> 
>>> http://hamvoip.org/downloads/playnews-0.6.tar.gz
>>> 
>>> Changes from 0.5
>>> 
>>>   - If you enter "now" for the time it will download and process the files, skip the pre-warnings, wait for any key to   be pressed and play the news.
>>> 
>>>   - The node number must be entered.
>>> 
>>>   - An optional last parameter L|G for local or global play can be entered. If omitted playback is global.
>>> 
>>> I recommend making a directory "playnews" in /etc/asterisk/local   cd to that directory and untar the files there.
>>> 
>>> Rename playnews-0.6 to playnews once extracted.
>>> 
>>> If the files are not placed in /etc/asterisk/local/playnews you must specify the location in the VOICEDIR variable in the script.
>>> 
>>>   v0.6 updates
>>> 
>>>    - Now requires that all parameters be entered except
>>>      mode which defaults to global if not entered
>>>    - More parameter checking added
>>>    - Time can be set to "NOW" for immediate start
>>> 
>>>    Command line format - playnews ARRL|ARN 21:00|NOW 40000 L|G
>>>   
>>>  Options are ARRL or ARN news, specific 24 hour time or "NOW"
>>>    and local "L" or Global "G" play modes.
>>> 
>>>    DO NOT use the the "NOW" time parameter in a cron !!!
>>> 
>>> Read the complete README file in the archive and also in the beginning of the script.
>>> 
>>> 73 Doug
>>> WA3DSP
>>> http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
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