---
name: "imdbgetrc"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "imdb-tools"
version: "0.9-1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/imdbgetrc"
---

# imdbgetrc(5)

Configuration for imdb-get(1).

## NAME

imdbgetrc — Configuration for [**imdb-get**(1)](/imdb-get/1.md).

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the  **imdbgetrc** file syntax.

The file consists of a list of variables in bash   syntax with comments starting with a #   (ie FOO=bar)

Several variables take values:

- **IMDBID**

  IMDB id to use

- **SEARCH**

  String to use to search IMDB

- **CACHE**

  Directory to cache files in

- **FILENAME**

  Filename to use or search for

The rest should be set to \`true' to enable:

- **UPDATEFILENAME**

  Update the stored filename on queries

- **DOWNLOADCOVER**

  Dowload cover art and store locally

- **REFRESH**

  Refresh cache details from IMDB

- **RENAME**

  Rename files based on IMDB title

- **COVER**

  Print cover art URI

- **GENRE**

  Print genre

- **TAG**

  Print tagline

- **TITLE**

  Print title

- **ID**

  Print IMDB id

- **PRINTFILE**

  Print filename

- **YEAR**

  Print year

- **REFRESHCACHE**

  Refresh all items from the cache (if no other action requested)

## SEE ALSO

[imdb(1)](/imdb/1.md) [imdb-get(1)](/imdb-get/1.md) [imdb-rename(1)](/imdb-rename/1.md) [imdb-link(1)](/imdb-link/1.md) [imdb-update-cache(1)](/imdb-update-cache/1.md) [imdb-fxd(1)](/imdb-fxd/1.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Matthew Johnson \<debian@matthew.ath.cx\>. Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 as  published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.