Re: watch file when url is raw text not in a link.

[Andrew Starr-Bochicchio <a.starr.b@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Paul Elliott
<pelliott@blackpatchpanel.com> wrote:
>
>
> Is it possible to write a watch file for a case when the url is raw text in
> the web page but not in a link, that is, no href?
>
> This web page contains the pointer to the file:
>
> http://www.openastro.org/?Download
>
> which is
>
> https://launchpad.net/~pellesimon/+archive/+files/openastro.org_1.1.25.orig.tar.gz
>
> but it is raw text in the web page, not in a link. How would one write a
> watch file for this? I want to pick up files of the form :
> openastro.org_(.*).orig.tar.gz

That's actually a Launchpad PPA. This will get what you're looking for:

version=3
http://ppa.launchpad.net/pellesimon/ppa/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openastro.org/openastro.org_(.*).orig.tar.gz

$ uscan --report
Processing watchfile line for package openastro.org...
Newest version on remote site is 1.1.25, local version is 1.1.24
openastro.org: Newer version (1.1.25) available on remote site:
  http://ppa.launchpad.net/pellesimon/ppa/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openastro.org/openastro.org_1.1.25.orig.tar.gz

Though you might want to ask your upstream to host their source
tarball in a more sensible place.

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