[mythtv-users] mythlink User Job Help

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/13/2013 03:55 PM, Mark Gardner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Can anyone please help me understand why command 1 works from the
> command line but command 2 (modified with chanid and starttime) does not
> run when set as a User Job?
>
> 1 - /usr/share/doc/mythtv-backend/contrib/user_jobs/mythlink.pl --link
> /home/mark/MythRecs --format '\%T/\%T-\%Y\%m\%d-\%H\%i-\%S-\%cN'
>
> 2 - /usr/share/doc/mythtv-backend/contrib/user_jobs/mythlink.pl --link
> /home/mark/MythRecs --chanid %CHANID% --starttime %STARTTIME% --format
> '\%T/\%T-\%Y\%m\%d-\%H\%i-\%S-\%cN'
>
> Is there somewhere I can look (log file) to find out why its not
> working?
>

Escaping is very difficult to get right--and hard-coding commands into 
User Jobs makes it hard to modify/enhance those commands.  My 
recommendation is to create a script that runs the appropriate 
mythlink.pl command(s).  See, for example, what I do:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/531841#531841

Mike