[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase --file option

[Cyber Source]

With not receiving copies of mail that is sent to the list, I could not 
see that I was sending as html, someone else pointed it out and I have 
assigned mythtv.org as a plain text site. The masked curse was out of 
pure frustration, sorry for those offended.

Anduin Withers wrote:

>>I then try to import into mythtv with "mythfilldatabase --file 
>><myxmlfile.xml>" and I get  "bash: syntax error near unexpected 
>>token 'newline'".
>>    
>>
>
><something> is a convention, it indicates a required parameter. Likewise
>[<something>] or [something] indicates an optional parameter. If you
>actually put the <> characters in you invoke the shell's redirection
>mechanism.
>
>  
>
>>Is this a bug with mythfilldatabase?
>>    
>>
>
>No, first --file is for XMLTV formatted input (not what DataDirect
>provides).
>
>Second, configure the internal grabber which will grab the DataDirect info
>automatically (whenever you run 'mythfilldatabase', no ''s).
>
>Third, try to follow the conventions for the list you post to. How many
>other HTML e-mail posts do you see? How many with giant pictures in their
>sig? How many with a masked curse word in the first few lines?
>
>Steps you take to increase the desire for others to help you will pay off
>(and even if they don't it can't be bad for your karma).
>
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