[mythtv-users] myth_archive_job.pl fails as user job but works when run as mythtv user on CLI

[Ian Evans]

On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 3:45 PM Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 2, 2023, 3:11 p.m. Roland Ernst <rcrernst at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 9:48 PM Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Running 33.1 fixes
>>>
>>> I'm running out of space until I get a new drive for the mythbox, so
>>> mounted a windows share and set up a user job using the script at:
>>>
>>> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Myth_archive_job.pl
>>>
>>> I had used this in the past on another system and it worked. All it does
>>> is move the recording file if there's enough space. I chose a recording and
>>> selected the user job. It failed.
>>>
>>> The backend log:
>>> Nov  1 14:40:46 bhmf mythbackend: mythbackend[210595]: E UserJob_920
>>> jobqueue.cpp:2468 (DoUserJobThread) JobQueue: User Job '/usr/bin/
>>> myth_archive_job.pl -d /media/disk2/mythtv -f 15709_20231031235900.ts"'
>>> failed.
>>>
>>> When I ran /usr/bin/myth_archive_job.pl -d /media/disk2/mythtv -f
>>> 15709_20231031235900.ts from the command line as the mythtv user it worked.
>>>
>>> Any idea why it would fail as a user job? How can I get some more info
>>> on why it failed?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>> Is it a typo or does the user-job command actually end with one unmatched
>> double quote (") ?
>> Check in mysql with
>> SELECT
>> <http://10.0.0.190/phpmyadmin/url.php?url=https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/select.html>
>> * FROM settings WHERE value LIKE
>> <http://10.0.0.190/phpmyadmin/url.php?url=https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/string-comparison-functions.html#operator_like>
>> 'UserJob_'
>>
>>
> Dang! Good eye! I'll check it out later.
>
>>
>>
Yep, it was the double quote that was stopping it, Thanks again for the
sharp eye.
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