[mythtv-users] mythtranscode just deleted my file

[Paul Gardiner]

On 21/11/2016 00:36, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> On 21 November 2016 at 11:03, George Bingham <georgeb1962 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think the bug is that mythtranscode is not backing up the file itself
>> before operating on it, but if your script does the backing up (and I use a
>> hard link, haven't tried it with a soft link) then mythtranscode will
>> restore it using the link at the end.
>
> not quite.
>
> it doesn't work directly on the original file, it only reads it. The
> work is done in a file with the extension .tmp
>
> Once the job is complete, the new file replace the old one.
>
>>
>> Not a developer here, so I don't really know, but when I first discovered
>> this when I moved to 0.28 a while ago, I started working around it by making
>> a copy to a tmp file, when someone on this list suggested I link it instead.
>> I tested it out and it works, so that's what I do now.
>
> If you're working in the same file system hard link is okay. But not
> everyone has /tmp on the same partition as your recording directory.

Great. Thanks everyone for the help.

Cheers,
	Paul.