[mythtv-users] Consolidation of folders in storage groups
Christopher Kerr
mythtv at theseekerr.com
Sat Jun 12 03:06:58 UTC 2010
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 12:06 PM, <f-myth-users at media.mit.edu> wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:50:02 +1000
> > From: Christopher Kerr <mythtv at theseekerr.com>
>
> > Is there an automated tool I could use to dump symlinks to all the
> > files in one folder to a different folder? Symlinks to the folder
> > itself would bring the same problem.
>
> I'm assuming the idea is that the master directory would contain
> nothing but symlinks to the other directories somewhere else.
> Then you point myth at only the master.
Doesn't that bring me back to the same problem of opening MythVideo and seeing:
Storage Groups
> Master Directory
> Movies (On disk1)
> A.mkv
> B.mkv
> Movies (On disk2)
> C.mkv
> D.mkv
> Music Videos (On disk1)
> Crowded House
> David Bowie
> Music Videos (On disk2)
> Les Miserables
> Midnight Oil
> TV Shows (On disk1)
> NCIS
> Silent Witness
> TV Shows (On disk2)
> Spooks
> Top Gear
When I want to see:
Storage Groups
> Movies
> A.mkv
> B.mkv
> C.mkv
> D.mkv
> Music Videos
> Crowded House
> David Bowie
> Les Miserables
> Midnight Oil
> TV Shows
> NCIS
> Silent Witness
> Spooks
> Top Gear
Without ever having to care about which drive the files are actually stored on.
(no, browsing by category is a nuisance too. I just want to dump my
stuff in a folder on a disk that has room, and MAYBE have a cron job
run to create links or whatever if it's really necessary)
- Chris
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