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   6   <section>
   7     <title>bti</title>
   8     <refentry>
   9       <refentryinfo>
  10         <title>bti</title>
  11         <date>May 2008</date>
  12         <productname>bti</productname>
  13       </refentryinfo>
  14
  15       <refmeta>
  16         <refentrytitle>bti</refentrytitle>
  17         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  18         <refmiscinfo class="version"></refmiscinfo>
  19       </refmeta>
  20
  21       <refnamediv>
  22         <refname>bti</refname>
  23         <refpurpose>send a tweet to twitter.com or identi.ca from the command line</refpurpose>
  24       </refnamediv>
  25
  26       <refsynopsisdiv>
  27         <cmdsynopsis>
  28           <command>bti</command>
  29           <arg><option>--account account</option></arg>
  30           <arg><option>--password password</option></arg>
  31           <arg><option>--host HOST_NAME</option></arg>
  32           <arg><option>--bash</option></arg>
  33           <arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
  34           <arg><option>--version</option></arg>
  35           <arg><option>--help</option></arg>
  36         </cmdsynopsis>
  37       </refsynopsisdiv>
  38
  39       <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
  40         <para>bti sends a tweet message to twitter.com or identi.ca.
  41         </para>
  42       </refsect1>
  43
  44       <refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title>
  45         <variablelist>
  46           <varlistentry>
  47             <term><option>--account account</option></term>
  48             <listitem>
  49               <para>
  50                 Specify the twitter.com or identi.ca account name.
  51               </para>
  52             </listitem>
  53           </varlistentry>
  54           <varlistentry>
  55             <term><option>--password password</option></term>
  56             <listitem>
  57               <para>
  58                 Specify the password of your twitter.com or identi.ca account.
  59               </para>
  60             </listitem>
  61           </varlistentry>
  62           <varlistentry>
  63             <term><option>--host HOST_NAME</option></term>
  64             <listitem>
  65               <para>
  66                 Specify the host which you want to send your message to.  Valid
  67                 options are "twitter" to send to twitter.com and "identica" to
  68                 send to identi.ca.
  69               </para>
  70               <para>
  71                 If no host is specified, the default is to send to twitter.com.
  72               </para>
  73             </listitem>
  74           </varlistentry>
  75           <varlistentry>
  76             <term><option>--debug</option></term>
  77             <listitem>
  78               <para>Print a whole bunch of debugging messages to stdout.</para>
  79             </listitem>
  80           </varlistentry>
  81           <varlistentry>
  82             <term><option>--bash</option></term>
  83             <listitem>
  84               <para>
  85                  Add the working directory and a '$' in the tweet message to
  86                  help specify it is coming from a command line.  Don't put the
  87                  working directory and the '$' in the tweet message.
  88               </para>
  89               <para>
  90                  This mode also does not report back any errors that might have
  91                  happened when sending the message, and it sends it in the
  92                  background, returning immediately, allowing the process to
  93                  continue on.
  94                </para>
  95             </listitem>
  96           </varlistentry>
  97           <varlistentry>
  98             <term><option>--version</option></term>
  99             <listitem>
 100               <para>Print version number.</para>
 101             </listitem>
 102           </varlistentry>
 103           <varlistentry>
 104             <term><option>--help</option></term>
 105             <listitem>
 106               <para>Print help text.</para>
 107             </listitem>
 108           </varlistentry>
 109         </variablelist>
 110       </refsect1>
 111
 112       <refsect1>
 113         <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
 114         <para>
 115           bti provides an easy way to send tweet messages direct from the
 116           command line or any script.  It reads the message on standard
 117           input and uses the account and password settings either from the
 118           command line options, or from a config file, to send the message
 119           out.
 120         </para>
 121         <para>
 122           It's primary focus is to allow you to log everything that you
 123           type into a bash shell, in a crazy, "this is what I'm doing right
 124           now!" type of way, letting the world follow along with you
 125           constant moving between directories and refreshing your email
 126           queue to see if there's anything interesting going on.
 127         </para>
 128         <para>
 129           To hook bti up to your bash shell, export the following variable:
 130         </para>
 131         <para>
 132             <literal>  PROMPT_COMMAND='history 1 | sed -e "s/^\s*[0-9]*\s*//" | bti --bash'</literal>
 133         </para>
 134         <para>
 135           This example assumes that you have the
 136           <filename>~/.bti</filename> set up with your account and password
 137           information already in it, otherwise you can specify them as an
 138           option.
 139         </para>
 140        </refsect1>
 141
 142        <refsect1>
 143          <title>CONFIGURATION</title>
 144          <para>
 145            The account and password can be stored in a configuration file
 146            in the users home directory in a file named
 147            <filename>.bti</filename>  The structure of this file is as
 148            follows:
 149          </para>
 150          <variablelist>
 151            <varlistentry>
 152              <term><option>account</option></term>
 153              <listitem>
 154                <para>
 155                  The twitter.com or identi.ca account name you wish to use to send this
 156                  message with.
 157                </para>
 158              </listitem>
 159            </varlistentry>
 160            <varlistentry>
 161              <term><option>password</option></term>
 162              <listitem>
 163                <para>
 164                  The twitter.com or identi.ca password for the account you wish to use
 165                  to send this message with.
 166                </para>
 167              </listitem>
 168            </varlistentry>
 169            <varlistentry>
 170              <term><option>host</option></term>
 171              <listitem>
 172                <para>
 173                  The host you want to use to send the message to.  Valid
 174                  options are either "twitter" or "identica" to send to
 175                  twitter.com or identi.ca respectively.
 176                </para>
 177              </listitem>
 178            </varlistentry>
 179          </variablelist>
 180          <para>
 181            There is an example config file called
 182            <filename>bti.example</filename> in the source tree that shows
 183            the structure of the file if you need an example to work off of.
 184          </para>
 185        </refsect1>
 186
 187        <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
 188          <para>Written by Greg Kroah-Hartman <email>greg@kroah.com</email>.</para>
 189        </refsect1>
 190
 191     </refentry>
 192   </section>
 193 </article>