[mythtv-users] 0byte check suggestion

covert covert thecovert+mythusers at gmail.com
Tue Dec 22 00:52:40 UTC 2009


On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 3:49 AM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 8:22 AM, Dave Richardson <mythtv at derdev.com> wrote:
>> and you would find and delete this way
>>
>> find . -size 0 -exec rm -f {} \;
>
> That works, but:
>
> find . -size 0 -delete
>
> is a little easier.
>
> Eric

I don't need to delete them but just be alerted to the fact there
being generated So I know the machine needs my attention.

I had the idea to do it via Myth / SQL but both your idea's lead me to
this idea.

find . -mmin -21 -mmin +1 -size 0

Ran every 20 minutes on a cron job. If there is output, email me.

Thanks.


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