NAME
emscd - search EMSC webpage for new events and save to database
SYNOPSIS
emscd [-v] [-n pages] [-s seconds] [-p proxy-url]
[-u url] database
SUPPORT
Contributed code: NO BRTT support.
THIS PIECE OF SOFTWARE WAS CONTRIBUTED BY THE ANTELOPE USER COMMUNITY. BRTT DISCLAIMS ALL OWNERSHIP, LIABILITY, AND SUPPORT FOR THIS PIECE OF SOFTWARE.
FOR HELP WITH THIS PIECE OF SOFTWARE, PLEASE CONTACT THE CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR.
DESCRIPTION
This little helper parses the EMSC webpage continuously for new events and saves them in a
database.
It uses the event IDs assignerd by EMSC. This allow to only have the preferred events in the
database which
can be very convenient in conjunction with dbloc2.
OPTIONS
-
-v
verbose flag
-
-n pages
go back n on the webpage. This allows to retrieve older information.
-
-s seconds
pause this many seconds between each iteration. Defaults to 900 seconds or 15 minutes.
-
-p proxy-url
use proxy, e.g. machine:port. If this is not specified, the environment variable http_proxy is used.
-
-u url
Url of EMSC webpage. Defaults to http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/?view=.
-
database
Name of database. This argument is required
BUGS AND CAVEATS
It appears the perl interpreter has tiny memory leaks. It might be a good idea to restart the program every other month.
The script depends on the structure of the webpage of the EMSC and may easily break if they change the format. Contact the author for a recent version...
SEE ALSO
antelope(1), examples_perl(5)
AUTHOR
Nikolaus Horn, 2013
ZAMG / Vienna, Nikolaus.Horn@zamg.ac.at
Antelope User Group Contributed Software