imagespoold.pl --dir=spool_directory
[--dictionary=dictionary_file]
[--verbose[=0-4]]
[--max=bytes]
[--minx=x] [--miny=y]
[--limit=limit] [--searchlimit=limit]
[--consume | --no-consume]
[--sleep=seconds] [--run=seconds]
imagespoold.pl --dir=/var/cache/imagespool
--dictionary=/home/bob/favourite_things.txt
--verbose=1 --max=104857600
--minx=320 --miny=240
--sleep=30 > /home/bob/imagespoold.log
2>&1 &
imagespoold.pl will downloaded images from the internet into the directory specified by the --dir argument, using random words as search keywords, picked from the dictionary file specified by --dictionary (or /usr/share/dict/words if one is not specified).
Most of the options directly correspond to options to the WWW::ImageSpool perl object. Please see it's documentation for a description of those. There are also two additional options:
How many seconds to wait between iterations.
Terminate after this many seconds. This is useful for, among other things, rotating dictionary files periodically.
This module may violate the terms of service of some search engines or content providers. Use at your own risk.
Copyright 2004, Tyler "Crackerjack" MacDonald <tyler@yi.org> This is free software; you may redistribute it under the same terms as perl itself.
