---
name: "czap"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dvb-apps"
version: "1.1.1+rev1500-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/czap"
---

# czap(1)

a program to process channels.conf files.

## NAME

czap - a program to process channels.conf files.

## SYNOPSIS

**czap** \[*options*\]*\<channel*name\>\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **czap** commands.

**czap** is a program to process a channels.conf file.

## OPTIONS \<channel name\>

- **-a adapter\_num**

  use given adapter (default 0)

- **-f frontend\_id**

  use given frontend (default 0)

- **-d demux\_id**

  use given demux (default 0)

- **-c conf\_file**

  read channels list from 'file'

- **-H**

  produce human readable output

- **-n channel\_num**

  use given channel number

- **-x**

  exit after tuning

- **-c conf\_file -l**

  list channel names in channels.conf file **-r** set up /dev/dvb/adapterX/dvr0 for TS recording

- **-h**

  print this help text\

This manual page was written by Uwe Bugla \<uwe.bugla@gmx.de\>.