charm(1)charm(1)NAMEcharm - Client for LiveJournal-based blogging sites
SYNOPSIScharm [ -h, --help ]
charm [ -o, --options ]
charm [ -f, --file FILENAME ] [ -u, --user USERNAME ] [ -c, --check ] [
-i, --interval MINUTES ] [ -g, --group FRIENDGROUP ]
charm [ -f, --file FILENAME ] [ -u, --user USERNAME ] [ -z, --sync ] [
-a, --archive DIR ]
charm [ -f, --file FILENAME ] [ -u, --user USERNAME ] [ -l, --login ] [
-n, --nologin ] [ -d, --drafts DIR ] [ -a, --archive DIR ] [ -r,
--resume DRAFTFILE ] [ -T, --template TEMPLATE ] [ -x, --xpost ARCHIVE‐
FILE ] [ -q, --quick ] [ -j, --journal JOURNAL ] [ -s, --subject SUB‐
JECT ] [ -p, --permit PERMISSION ] [ -m, --mood MOOD ] [ -k, --pic KEY‐
WORD ] [ -t, --tag TAG ] [ -M, --music MUSIC ] [ -A, --autodetect ] [
--autoformat STATUS ] [ --backdate STATUS ] [ --comments STATUS ] [
--noemail STATUS ]
DESCRIPTION
Charm is a client for LiveJournal, Blogger, and other blogging sites
that support the LiveJournal protocol, the Atom API, or the MetaWeb
API. It can be used for posting, editing, journal administration, off‐
line synchronization, and checking for friend updates.
GENERAL OPTIONS-h, --help
Print a help message.
-o, --options
Print the posting options.
-f, --file FILENAME
Specify the configuration file to read at startup.
-u, --user USERNAME
Specify the journal user to perform operations as.
FRIENDS-CHECKING OPTIONS
-c, --check
Utilize friends-checking mode.
-i, --interval MINUTES
Specify how many minutes to wait between checks.
-g, --group FRIENDGROUP
Specify which friend groups to limit check to. Can be specified
multiple times.
SYNCHRONIZATION OPTIONS-z, --sync
Utilize synchronization (journal download) mode.
-a, --archive DIRECTORY
Save synchronized posts to this directory.
POSTING OPTIONS-l, --login
Log in when Charm is started.
-n, --nologin
Do not log in when Charm is started.
-d, --drafts DIRECTORY
Use this directory to save in-progress journal entry drafts.
-a, --archive DIRECTORY
Use this directory to save completed posts.
-r, --resume DRAFTFILE
Resume a previous session, reading from this saved draft file.
-T, --template TEMPLATE
Read the content of this template file at startup, pre-populat‐
ing the post.
-x, --xpost ARCHIVEFILE
Prepare to cross-post, reading from a saved archive file.
-q, --quick
Non-interactive mode. Read journal entry text from standard
input, and post it immediately, rather than using the menu-based
interactive editing.
-j, --journal JOURNAL
Specify the journal to post to.
-s, --subject "SUBJECT"
Use this as the subject line of the journal entry.
-p, --permit PERMISSION
Use this for the post permissions. Can be "public", "private",
"friends", or a list of friend groups separated by commas.
-m, --mood MOOD
Use this for the mood of this entry.
-k, --pic KEYWORD
Use this picture keyword for the userpic of this entry.
-t, --tag TAG
Use this tag for this entry.
-M, --music "MUSIC"
Use this as the music for this entry.
-A, --autodetect
Use XMMS to automatically determine what music to use for this
entry.
--autoformat=[on|off]
Let the site automatically HTML format this post, or do it our‐
selves?
--backdate=[on|off]
Backdate this entry, so it does not show up on the friends pages
of our friends?
--comments=[on|off]
Allow people to post comments on this entry?
--noemail=[on|off]
Do not send us email when someone posts a comment on this entry?
ENVIRONMENT
VISUAL The default editor to use for writing entries.
EDITOR The default editor to use for writing entries, if VISUAL is
not set.
PAGER The default pager to use when previewing entries.
BROWSER The default Web browser to use when viewing a journal.
HTTP_PROXY The HTTP proxy to use, if any, in the format site:port
FILES
~/.charmrc The default location of the charmrc file for a user.
MANUAL
There is a full manual for Charm. It can usually be found in
/usr/share/doc/charm/charm.html
SEE ALSOcharmrc(5)AUTHOR
Lydia Leong (evilhat@livejournal.com)
November 2004 charm(1)
