Hi Wayne, Thanks for the answer.
I had originally thought of using a wrapper script, hence why If you see in my original question I stated that it didn't seem that you can easily pass arguments - what I should have specified is that this is due to not being able to use quotes in the Macro entry. The documentation is a little less than clear on this area. My bad on the communication! Cheers, Jay On 30 August 2012 12:18, Wayne Merricks <[email protected]>wrote: > You're half way there already, I assume you're using a bash script via > cron. You can pass command line arguments to the script: > > > http://how-to.wikia.com/wiki/How_to_read_command_line_arguments_in_a_bash_script > > E.g. > > RN twitter.sh "The Awesome Show"! (you might have to space escape the > arguments e.g. The\ Awesome\ Show instead of speech marks) > > Then in the bash script you can reference the arguments by $1, $2, $3 etc > (depending on how many arguments there are). > > So assuming to tweet you call tweetme $MYACCOUNT $MESSAGE you'd do: > > tweetme $MYACCOUNT $1 (which would be replaced with The Awesome Show in > this example). > > Regards, > > Wayne Merricks > The Voice Asia > > On 30/08/12 09:24, Jay Eames wrote: > > Hi guys, > > As a question, has anyone come up with a way of tweeting from a macro? > > What I'm looking at doing is a "now on air" tweet at the change of each > show. I currently do this off of a cron job, which works but is not > optimal. What I would prefer to do is to fire this from the log, so that if > there is a change to the schedule, it would automatically be picked up from > the log rather than having to update the cron script each time. > > I've looked into the RN Macro, but that doesn't easily allow you to > specify the contents of the tweet in the macro from what I can see. > > Jay > > -- > There are 2 kinds of people in the world; Those who can extrapolate from > incomplete data > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing > [email protected]http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev > > > ------------------------------ > Scanned by *MailMarshal* > ** > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ > *Attention: * > > The information contained in this message is confidential and intended for > the addressee(s) only. If you have received this message in error or there > are any problems, please notify the originator immediately. The > > unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is > strictly forbidden. Christian Vision or any of its subsidiaries will not be > liable for direct, special, indirect or consequential damages arising from > alteration of the contents of this message by a third party or as a result > of any virus being passed on. Please note that we reserve the right to > monitor and read any e-mails sent or received by the company under the > Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of > Communications) Regulation 2000. Christian Vision is registered in **** > England**** as a limited company 2842414 and > as a charity 1031031 > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev > > -- There are 2 kinds of people in the world; Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data
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