taler-mdb-ads.sh(1)
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   Name
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   **taler-mdb-ads.sh** - Taler multi-drop bus vending machine advertisement renderer


Synopsis
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**taler-mdb-ads.sh**
[**-c** *FILENAME*]
[**-h**]


Description
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**taler-mdb-ads.sh** is a command-line tool to render advertisements.

Its options are as follows:

**-c** *FILENAME*
   Use the configuration and other resources for the command
   to operate from *FILENAME*.

**-h**
   Print short help on options.

When this script is running, it will cycle through rendering the files in *$PREFIX*/share/taler/ads/ on *FRAMEBUFFER_DEVICE* (as defined in the configuration file). It will render them in a random order, reshuffling them each time it loops around. It depends on the *fbi* tool (https://www.kraxel.org/blog/linux/fbida/) to render images on the framebuffer.

Note that, as of **taler-mdb v0.10.0**, we kill all (via *killall*) running fbi processes when cycling between images, not just the ones we started. This behaviour may change in future releases.


See Also
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taler-mdb(1), taler.conf(5).


Bugs
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Report bugs by using https://bugs.taler.net or by sending electronic
mail to <taler@gnu.org>.