[mythtv-users] auto mythfilldatabase tip improvement

[bstoneaz]

Load v4l ?newbie comment on documentation and setting up a user cron job for filling the database:

it would be helpful to have mythfilldatabasecron installed into $HOME/.mythtv/ 
the documentation assumes you have myth source in your home directory but moving it to $HOME/.mythtv can make it consistent.


excerpt below.
The default configfiles/mythcrontab file will run the mythfilldatabase program every day at 0430. If you want to change this, then open the configfiles/mythcrontab file in your favorite editor and modify it as you like. Once you're satisfied with the time that mythfilldatabase will run, save and exit, and return to the shell prompt. 

$ cd configfiles
$ crontab mythcrontab
$ crontab -l  NOTE: this is a lowercase L.
# The following will run the mythfilldatabase shell script at 0430
# every day.  Format is
# minutes hour day_of_month month day_of_week
# man 5 crontab for more information
# Need to use a shell script because the QTDIR environment variable isn't
# being honored by crontab?
# The next text should be all on the same line.
30 04 * * * /bin/bash $HOME/mythtv-0.11/configfiles/mythfilldatabasecron
$ 
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