[mythtv-users] Cannot delete recording

Fredrik Karlsson dargosch at gmail.com
Sun Apr 3 15:40:46 UTC 2005


Hi,

I would check the permissions more.. do a ls -l /store/1002* 
Is the write permission set for the user/group mythfrontend is running as?
Just a suggestion...

/Fredrik

On Apr 3, 2005 5:28 PM, aaron <memoryguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a recording from last night, a movie, that started at 12:35am
> and ended at 3:24am. Now, of course, this falls over the time change.
> 
> Now, after successfully viewing the recording, I am unable to delete
> it. It's like the frontend and backend are interpreting the
> recording's length differently.
> 
> The backend log shows:
> 
> 2005-04-03 11:18:54.987 ERROR when trying to delete file: /store/1002_2005040300
> 3500_20050403034000.nuv. File doesn't exist.  Database metadata will
> not be removed.
> 
> Now, obviously, this means it thinks there's no file there. And
> indeed, that isn't the name of the recording:
> 
> myth at myth:/store$ ls 1002*
> 1002_20050403003500_20050403024000.nuv
> 1002_20050403003500_20050403024000.nuv.png
> 
> But how come the frontend (which is on the same machine as the
> backend) can see the recording with no problems?
> 
> I presume that if I rename the file(s) to match what the backend
> wants, then it will delete them. But I'd like to know why there's a
> discrepancy in the first place.
> 
> --
> aaron
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