[mythtv-users] Backend Reboot Script

[Michael Wisniewski]

Ian,

Wow, thanks for this.  I didn't even know mythshutdown existed.  I could
add that into a script and figure it out, instead of trying to do a curl to
the mythweb URL and doing something fancy like that.

Thanks!!!


On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 5:57 AM, Ian Clark <mrrooster at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 15 June 2015 at 02:25, Michael Wisniewski <mikewiz38 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I was wondering if anybody out there has a reboot or shutdown script that
> > would prevent it if the backend is recording.
> >
> > There's been a few times where I'll do a reboot and then find out later
> that
> > myth was recording something, then the recording will fail.  I could
> > probably whip something together, but thought I would ask here to see if
> > somebody has already done this.
> >
> mythshutdown is your friend here....
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> mythshutdown -c
> if [ "$?" == "0"]; then
>     shutdown -r now
> else
>   echo "shutdown blocked..."
> fi
>
> ^-- untested, but basically that should work. Won't shutdown if it's
> recording or about to start recording.
>
> mythshutdown -c sets the return value to 0 if it's safe to shutdown.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ian
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