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Hello,

I'm looking for a way to have the XBMC library update in the background at a periodic interval. I have TV shows that are being dumped into their appropriate folder but I have to either restart XBMC (with update on startup) or manually scan for new content to get it into the system. Is there a way to script something or put something in a cron job to force a library update?

I've seen some info on sending commands through the HTTPAPI interface but it doesn't look like this exists on the Linux version, or perhaps its just the docs that are xbox specific.

Thanks,
Chris

Of course the httpapi works.

A quick search would have found you this thread:

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=43143

True, I should have searched more for http api, and less for library updating. Anyway, the curl call works great, thanks!