[mythtv-users] How do I remove recordings without files

[Bill Williamson]

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 05/03/2009, Henrik Beckman <henrik.list at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ie got a bunch of these
> >
> >  2009-03-04 13:05:11.587 ERROR when trying to delete file:
> >
>  /GetPlaybackURL/UNABLE/TO/FIND/LOCAL/FILE/ON/media/2098_20081123180345.mpg.
> >  File does
> >  n't exist.  Database metadata will not be removed.
> >
> >  How can I remove them.
>
> A common way to remove files that can't be removed through the MythTV
> interface is to recreate the missing file(s) using touch in your
> recordings directory.
>
> E.g.:
>
> $ touch 2098_20081123180345.mpg
>
> Then go back to MythTV, and delete the recording(s).
>
> Nick
>

Is this behavior accidental, or to prevent problems if a storage group goes
offline or the like?

I both love it and hate it.
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