[wade32505]

How often should I should run update_binaries.php & update_releases.php ?

Do I need to set this up in CRON or is this being done automatically?

Thanks

Was in the same boat trying to figure this out.
I tried with Byobu and its currently running great! Just running the newznab_screen.sh within this

Thanks. After lurking on the newsnab IRC for a while, I understand that the "newznab_screen.sh" script is designed to run in a loop using update_binaries.php & update_releases.php automatically so there is no need to run "update_binaries.php & update_releases.php" in a CRON.

The only thing I have yet to figure out is how to start "newznab_screen.sh" as a deamon upon startup without having to manually use the screen.

Below are the notes I copied when I setup the screen auto update:
In the nix_scripts directory there is a useful script called newznab_screen.sh that runs update_binaries.php and update_releases.php, in addition to a few other scripts, continuously and automatically. First, we need to modify it however, so lets change dir and make a copy:

cd /var/www/newznab/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts
cp newznab_screen.sh newznab_screen_local.sh

Now open newznab_screen_local.sh in a text editor and modify NEWZNAB_PATH near the top to point to our installation path:

nano newznab_screen_local.sh

Set NEWZNAB_PATH:

export NEWZNAB_PATH="/var/www/newznab/misc/update_scripts"

Now we can run the script via screen:

screen sh newznab_screen_local.sh

You should see the script download headers for the groups that you have enabled and then run various stages that will attempt to group and catalogue the headers. For now, just leave the script running and detach from screen by typing cntl a d.
You can reattach the screen by first entering 'screen -ls'. This gives your the process number. To reattach you enter 'screen -r [process number].

My newznab is setup on a netbook with 1gig of ram and 160gig of harddrive. It's closed up sitting on a shelf and I access it via ssh.