[mythtv-users] Samba share of mythfs.py filesystem not working

John Reid johnbaronreid at netscape.net
Fri Jan 28 13:11:15 UTC 2011



On 28/01/11 12:50, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 1/28/2011 05:20, Mike Perkins wrote:
>> On 27/01/11 18:45, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>> On 01/27/2011 08:58 AM, John Reid wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 27/01/11 10:49, Mike Perkins wrote:
>>>>> On 26/01/11 22:36, John Reid wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I did try mythlink but that didn't work off the bat and in any 
>>>>>> case you
>>>>>> need to set up a cron job to keep everything in sync. I want to know
>>>>>> why
>>>>>> mythfs.py isn't working...
>>>>>>
>>>>> Why not use the new event system and trigger off a mythlink run
>>>>> whenever any recording finishes? No cron job needed, no unnecessary
>>>>> mythlink runs triggered.
>>>>>
>>>> Thanks for all the help everyone, I think I'll give that a try.
>>>
>>> You still need a cron job.
>>>
>>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythlink.pl
>>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythlink.pl#Using_with_MythTV_System_Events
>>>
>> I'm sorry, I don't quite follow. Surely using mythlink.pl either 
>> triggered by a system event or even as a user job does exactly what 
>> he wants. Why do you still need a cron job?
>
> Because running it that way only produces new links.  It must be run 
> normally occasionally to flush the old ones.
Is there no event for show deletion? Wouldn't that obviate the need for 
running on the whole set of recordings?


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