[mythtv-users] mythtv-setup: trailing "/" while setting up Storage Groups

freedenizen freedenizen at gmail.com
Thu Sep 10 18:26:45 UTC 2009


On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Sebastian Singer
<sebastian.singer at kesslar.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to reset my Storage Groups in mythtv-setup. But every time I
> type the path without a closing "/" mythtv sets a trailing "/" at the
> end by itself. So no changes can be made because mythtv complains for
> not knowing the specified directory. For example my recordings lie in
> "/multimedia/mythtv/recordings" (without "/"). MythTV changes this to
> "/multimedia/mythtv/recordings/" (with "/"). After that Mythtv
> complains: Cannot write file /multimedia/mythtv/recordings//.test
> (notice the double // in path name !)
>
> So how do I get rid of this trailing "/"?


I have the same error, I have had it for a very long time.  Doesn't
actually cause any issues, everything works properly, just the error
message when exiting mythtv-setup


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