[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase --no-delete in 0.21

[John Veness]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 03/24/2008 02:53 PM, John Veness wrote:
>> I usually run mythfilldatabase --no-delete (which in turn runs the 
>> tv_grab_uk_rt XMLTV grabber). Since upgrading to 0.21 I see that it says 
>> that the --no-delete option is deprecated, and indeed it no longer 
>> appears in in the --help. Does that mean that mythfilldatabase will not 
>> delete the last 7 days of listings by default, or what?
>>
>> I checked the wiki first, but 
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Release_Notes_-_0.21 doesn't 
>> mention it and http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Mythfilldatabase 
>> still mentions --no-delete as a valid option.
> 
> As of 0.21, mythfilldatabase no longer cleans out old program guide data
> (since not everyone needs to run mythfilldatabase).  With this change,
> MythTV was modified so that it /always/ leaves the 7 days of guide data,
> now.
> 
> This also works nicely with the fact that we keep the result of any
> scheduled recording (even failed recordings) for (just over) a week.  It
> allows the user to see what else was on when a show didn't record
> because of "unexpected" conflicts.
> 
> Mike

Thanks, I have updated wiki pages 
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Release_Notes_-_0.21 and 
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Mythfilldatabase with that info.

Cheers,

John

-- 
John Veness, MythTV user, UK, DVB-T