[mythtv-users] mylink is creating links to deleted files (V0.28)

[Stephen Worthington]

On Tue, 7 Mar 2023 17:36:20 +1300, you wrote:

>Greetings all
>
>I'm trying to backup my recorded files to a DLNA server so I want readable
>filenames.
>I've trimmed the number of recordings down to 1.2Tb used out of 1.5Tb to
>make sure they will fit on my other system but when I create the symlink
>files with mythlink.pl I'm getting lots of files that have (supposedly)
>been deleted.
>
>I don't appear to have a DELETED group and the free space increased by
>300Gb when I deleted the recordings so what is going on?
>
>Cheers

When did you run mythlink.pl?  If it was shortly after you did the
deletes, those recordings would still have been in the database in the
Deleted group.  I took a look at the mythlink.pl code and it does not
seem to check if the recording is in the Deleted group - I think that
should be added.

I do not write Perl, but I think you could just copy this code:

    # Skip LiveTV recordings?
        next unless (defined($live) || $show->{'recgroup'} ne
'LiveTV');

and change it to look for the Deleted group.  So add these two lines
just after the above ones:

    # Skip Deleted recordings
        next unless ($show->{'recgroup'} ne 'Deleted');

Also, you do not see the Deleted group unless you change specifically
to that group (it does not show in the All Programmes list).  To see
if you have a Deleted group, in the recordings list on the left
column, do M(emu) > Change Group Filter and you should see it in that
list.