[mythtv-users] Q: A truckload of ".old" files in the dir where MythTV records??

[Zuriel]

From: Kingsley Turner <krt at krt.com.au>
To: Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2011 3:40 PM
Subject: [mythtv-users] Q: A truckload of ".old" files in the dir where MythTV records??
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Chasing up some "missing" diskspace, I have found a truckload of ".old"
> files in the directory where MythTV stores the recorded TV programmes.

<snip>

> There are around 265 files in total.
> 
> Looking at one, it seems to be from a file I have transcoded (after marking
> the ads away).
> Does anyone know where these come from?
> Can I safely remove them ?
> 
> 
> cheers,
> -kt

Do you have MythTV set to delete old files after transcoding? I can't remember where this setting is off the top of my head.

Deleting .old files shouldn't cause any problems. Except for the obvious case where you break a recording somehow and want to restore it from backup and then you don't have the backup anymore.
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