new recording is scheduled through the web site, the KiSS recorder finds out about this new
recording by polling a server on the internet. This is a really cool feature since it
basically allows programming the recorder when away from home. </p>
- <p> After using this feature for some time now, I started noticing regular patterns. Often you
+ <p> After using this feature for some time, I started noticing regular patterns. Often you
are looking for the same programs and for certain types of programs. So, wouldn't it be nice
to have a program do this work for you and automatically record programs and notify you of
possibly interesting ones? </p>
interesting ones. </p>
<p> In its current version, the crawler can be used in two ways: </p>
<ul>
- <li><strong>standalone program</strong>: A standalone program run as a scheduled task.</li>
+ <li><strong>standalone program</strong>:
+ A standalone program run from the command-line or as a scheduled task.</li>
<li><strong>web application</strong>: A web application running on a java application
server. With this type of use, the crawler also features an automatic retry mechanism in
case of failures, as well as a simple web interface. </li>
<p> The latest source can be obtained from subversion with the URL
<code>https://wamblee.org/svn/public/utils</code>. The subversion repository allows
read-only access to anyone. </p>
- <p> The application was developed and tested on SuSE linux 9.1 with JBoss 4.0.2 application
- server (only required for the web application). It requires at least a Java Virtual Machine
+ <p> The application was developed and tested on SuSE linux 10.1 with
+ JBoss 4.0.4 application
+ server. An application server or servlet container is only required for the
+ web application. The crawler requires at least a Java Virtual Machine
1.5 or greater to run. </p>
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