= Podboat(1)
Alexander Batischev <eual.jp@gmail.com>


== NAME

podboat - a podcast download manager for text terminals


== SYNOPSIS

*podboat* [-C configfile] [-q queuefile] [-a] [-h]


== DESCRIPTION

_Podboat_ is a podcast manager for text terminals. It is a helper program to
_Newsboat_ which queues podcast downloads into a file. These queued downloads
can then be download with _Podboat_.


== OPTIONS

-h, --help::
        Display help

-C configfile, --config-file=configfile::
       Use an alternative configuration file

-q queuefile, --queue-file=queuefile::
       Use an alternative queue file

-a, --autodownload::
       Start automatic download of all queued files on startup

-l loglevel, --log-level=loglevel::
       Generate a logfile with a certain loglevel. Valid loglevels are 1 to 6. An
       actual logfile will only be written when you provide a logfile name.

-d logfile, --log-file=logfile::
       Use this logfile as output when logging debug messages. Please note that this
       only works when providing a loglevel.


== PODCAST SUPPORT

include::chapter-podcasts.asciidoc[]


== MANAGING AUDIO FILES WITH PODBOAT

include::chapter-podboat.asciidoc[]


== CONFIGURATION COMMANDS

include::podboat-cfgcmds.asciidoc[]


== FILES

include::chapter-files.asciidoc[]

dotfiles::
        _~/.newsboat/config_
+
_~/.newsboat/queue_

XDG::
        _$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/newsboat/config_
+
_$XDG_DATA_HOME/newsboat/queue_
+
Note: if the `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` environment variable is not set, Podboat behaves as
if it was set to _~/.config_. Similarly, `XDG_DATA_HOME` defaults to
_~/.local/share_.


== ENVIRONMENT

include::chapter-environment-variables.asciidoc[]


== SEE ALSO

newsboat(1)