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Hi Mike!<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 1. Remove the symlink: "rm /home/barry/.mythtv"</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 2. Create your dir: "mkdir /home/barry/.mythtv"</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 3. Symlink the config file within it:</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> "ln -s /etc/mythtv/config.xml /home/barry/.mythtv/config.xml"</FONT><BR>
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It would be better to symlink the whole directory by dropping step 2:<BR>
"ln -s /etc/mythtv /home/barry/.mythtv"<BR>
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That way you get access to the caches, source definitions, etc.<BR>
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I read and tried Roger's way before I got to yours (just a matter of sequencing) but your way which includes the caches and definitions seems to make sense. Not disputing Roger by any means, just seems logical to my newbie mind.<BR>
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So two parts... First, your suggestion gets interpreted on this end as:<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">1. Remove the symlink: "rm /home/barry/.mythtv"</FONT><BR>
2. "ln -s /etc/mythtv /home/barry/.mythtv"<BR>
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Which is linking the entire directory instead of just the file config.xml, right? Guessing this is how the caches, source definitions, etc., get linked. (Also a little confused as to how something can link to something removed, namely "/home/barry/.mythtv". There! Just demoted myself to fledgling newbie! <g>)<BR>
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OK, so Part 2 is as I have used Roger's three-step correction, and it does work, and I don't want to screw up something further by guessing. Remove "/home/barry/.mythtv" again, so just the two steps??
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