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+.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
+.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
+.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
+.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
+.TH MYTHTV-RECORDING-NOW 1 "2008-04-19"
+.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
+.\"
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+.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7)
+.SH NAME
+mythtv_recording_now \- test whether a MythTV backend is recording now
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B mythtv_recording_now
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B mythtv_recording_now
+checks to see if a MythTV backend is recording now.
+It checks the host which is configured in
+.I /etc/default/mythtv-status
+with the HOST setting.
+.SH OPTIONS
+None
+.SH "EXIT STATUS"
+.TP
+.B 0
+MythTV backend is recording
+.TP
+.B 1
+MythTV backend is not recording
+.SH FILES
+.B /etc/default/mythtv-status
+Config file
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR mythtv-status (1),
+.BR mythtv_recording_soon (1).
+.SH AUTHOR
+mythtv_recording_now and this manpage were written by Andrew Ruthven
+<andrew@etc.gen.nz>.
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+.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
+.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
+.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
+.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
+.TH MYTHTV-RECORDING-SOON 1 "2008-04-19"
+.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
+.\"
+.\" Some roff macros, for reference:
+.\" .nh disable hyphenation
+.\" .hy enable hyphenation
+.\" .ad l left justify
+.\" .ad b justify to both left and right margins
+.\" .nf disable filling
+.\" .fi enable filling
+.\" .br insert line break
+.\" .sp <n> insert n+1 empty lines
+.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7)
+.SH NAME
+mythtv_recording_soon \- test whether a MythTV backend will be recording soon
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B mythtv_recording_soon
+[
+.I time in seconds
+]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B mythtv_recording_soon
+checks to see if a MythTV backend is currently recording, or will be recording
+soon. It checks the host which is configured in
+.I /etc/default/mythtv-status
+with the HOST setting.
+.PP
+.I time in seconds
+is how long "soon" is considered to be. It defaults to 600 (10 minutes).
+.SH OPTIONS
+None
+.SH "EXIT STATUS"
+.TP
+.B 0
+MythTV backend is recording now, or will be recording soon
+.TP
+.B 1
+MythTV backend is not recording now and won't be recording soon
+.SH FILES
+.B /etc/default/mythtv-status
+Config file
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR mythtv-status (1),
+.BR mythtv_recording_now (1).
+.SH AUTHOR
+mythtv_recording_soon and this manpage were written by Andrew Ruthven
+<andrew@etc.gen.nz>.