[mythtv-users] Feature request: hook into backend at idle

[Brian Walter]

Craig Huff wrote:
> On 9/18/07, *Brian Walter* <blwalter at gmail.com 
> <mailto:blwalter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Craig Huff wrote:
>     > What about using:
>     >
>     > #mythshutdown --check
>     > #if [ $? == 0 ]; then
>     >   safe_to_shutdown
>     > else
>     >   not_safe_to_shutdown
>     > fi
>     >
>     >
>     > Craig.
>     The only problem with mythshutdown (based on a fast scan of the code),
>     is that it checks for running instance of, say, mythcommflag.
>
>     In my case, all the job stuff was off loaded to another machine,
>     so, it
>     would not find the jobs.
>
>
> I admit to blissful ignorance of the source code (so far  ;-).

Lucky you :)

>
> It doesn't check for  slave  backend activity?  Or is slave backend 
> activity
> completely independent of the master backend?
>
> I would have thought it checked slave backends and that they weren't
> independent/autonomous.  Sounds like an opportunity! (or is that still
> called an undocumented feature?)
>
> Craig.
>
Well..to be fair, this was a bit of time ago - just checked recent svn, 
and, it does appear that it
1) Checks for processes
2) Checks the db for jobs in-queue
and apparently now *does* check for active recordings

mea culpa...spoke too soon.

Brian