On 22/01/16 19:17, Stuart Downton wrote: > I have just tried the -n option however it still seems to overwrite the > file. I am using the following command to start the recording:
-o + -n should now be fixed in the master branch. > With regards to the -d option it seems to work with the above command > however if I change it to: > > fPls -v -i 60m -T 1s -L-1 http://[server]:8000/$stream.m3u -o > /home/recorder/audio/$stream/test1.mp3.$date -d > /home/recorder/logs/$stream.log -M 60m -i 60m -n > > I get fIcy: Unknown host > > Doesn't make sense to me as I can see fPls: picks up the stream URL from > the m3u without any issues. As soon as I remove > "/home/recorder/logs/$stream.log" it works. I didn't notice before, but -d doesn't accept an argument, so your file is picked up as a stream URL. What would you like to write in the log? The fPls/fIcy output you normally see in the terminal? In this case just use regular redirection: fPls ... 2>&1 >log Use 'ts' (from the moreutils package) to add timestamps: fPls ... 2>&1 | ts '%F %T' >log
