[mythtv-users] Is myth.find_orphans.pl safe to run on 0.22?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/18/2010 10:25 AM, Jim Morton wrote:
> I am wading to run the "myth.find_orphans.pl" because of these entries
> in the backend log -
> 2010-01-18 09:59:32.863 ProgramInfo, Error: GetPlaybackURL:
> '1131_20100118100000.mpg' should be local, but it can not be found.
> 2010-01-18 09:59:32.865 ProgramInfo, Error: GetPlaybackURL:
> '1431_20100118100000.mpg' should be local, but it can not be found.
> 2010-01-18 09:59:32.868 ProgramInfo, Error: GetPlaybackURL:
> '1331_20100116210000.mpg' should be local, but it can not be found.
> 2010-01-18 09:59:32.871 ProgramInfo, Error: GetPlaybackURL:
> '1431_20100115200000.mpg' should be local, but it can not be found.
> 2010-01-18 09:59:32.875 ProgramInfo, Error: GetPlaybackURL:
> '1131_20100112203000.mpg' should be local, but it can not be found.
> 2010-01-18 09:59:32.879 ProgramInfo, Error: GetPlaybackURL:
> '1331_20100109210000.mpg' should be local, but it can not be found.
>
> But I can't tell if it has been updated to work with 0.22. I found
> this line in the script -
> my $revision = "0.21";
>
> I'd like to fix problems without creating new ones :-)
>

Let's just say that it's an unmaintained, legacy script and all risks
are assumed by the person who runs it.

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore (FWIW, but it
won't help if you don't notice problems immediately).

Mike