[arm-allstar] playnews-0.9

[Robert Conklin]

News is working well now, am writing the temporary news file to a USB
drive. Auto-mounting USB storage with udev to the /media directory working
well too.
Thank you very much for you help and fast response Doug!

--
Robert Conklin
*N4WGY <http://qrz.com/db/N4WGY>*

On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Robert,
>
>  You can put playnews and its associated files wherever you want but I
> recommend making a directory under /etc/asterisk/local called playnews.
> Then change the VOICEDIR variable in the script to point to that directory.
> Don't change /tmp - that is a ramdisk - you don't want to be writing all
> the temporary files to the SD when it runs. Here is my cron - obviously sub
> your node, times. etc.
>
> 30 20 * * 1 /etc/asterisk/local/playnews/playnews-0.9 ARRL 21:01 27225
>
> Start script at 8:30 PM on  Monday. Actually play ARRL news at 9:01 PM to
> node 27225. Node has to be on the same server as the playnews script. Play
> globally.
>
> I hope that answers your question. Let me know how you make out.
>
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
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>
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 12:08 PM, Robert Conklin via arm-allstar <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
>> Having some trouble with the playnews script.
>> Wondering if I have script directory wrong. The cronjob sample in the
>> playews-9.0 readme gives a directory of "/etc/asterisk/playnews". I put the
>> script files at "/etc/asterisk/local/playnews" and changed the cronjob
>> accordingly. The actual script file is named "playnews-0.9", should that be
>> the directory name?
>> Also, If I leave the TMPDIR as the default /tmp, will this be a problem?
>> The SD card has 64GB capacity.
>> Thanks!
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>> Robert Conklin
>> *N4WGY <http://qrz.com/db/N4WGY>*
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