You need 'libmrss': http://www2.autistici.org/bakunin/codes.php at least version 0.7! Compile & install: make install Usage: rsstail -u url -i check_interval e.g.: rsstail -u http://www.filmhuisgouda.nl/rss/rss.php -i 300 this will check every 5 minutes if anything new was published. Help: rsstail -h will show a list of what rsstail can do for you. For everything more or less related to 'rsstail', please feel free to contact me on: folkert@vanheusden.com Consider using PGP. My PGP key-id is: 0x1f28d8ae Please support my opensource development: http://www.vanheusden.com/wishlist.php