[arm-allstar] playnews-0.6

[Joel Jameson]

Doug,

Just a FYI, the README cron format is incorrect, it should be minutes hours
(30 20 * *), you have it hours minutes (20 30 * *)



Cheers,
Joel
W0KGW

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 6:03 PM, Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com> wrote:

> If you try to run a script or program in Linux and you are in the
> directory when it resides it will not run unless you precede the name with
> ./  - so  ./playnews ....    should work.  You could also use the complete
> path which is what you would do if you were trying to run it in a cron job
> or if you were in another directory.
>
> The file should have proper permission... if not -  chmod 750 playnews
>
>
>
>
> *73 DougWA3DSPhttp://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: ka5iid at swbell.net
> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 17:37:21 -0500
> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] playnews-0.6
>
>
> 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 DougWA3DSPhttp://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
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