<div dir="ltr">We can add another sentence to the help text, e.g. "Do NOT use a full or partial path name, only the name of an executable." I think there is just enough space for that. Of course, this does not help against the confusion when reading names from the settings table and drawing conclusions from them.<div><br></div><div>Klaas.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 at 21:03, Bill Meek <<a href="mailto:keemllib@gmail.com">keemllib@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 1/22/22 12:33, Patrick Mansfield via mythtv-users wrote:<br>
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 09:37:36AM -0600, Bill Meek wrote:<br>
>> On 1/12/22 7:56 AM, James Abernathy wrote:<br>
>>> | MythFillDatabaseLog� � � � � � �| /var/log/mythtv� � � � � �| NULL� � �|<br>
>>> | MythFillDatabasePath� � � � � � | /usr/bin/mythfilldatabase | NULL� � �|<br>
> <br>
>> MythFillDatabasePath must be mythfilldatabase, any other value, like a full<br>
>> path name will *prevent* mythfilldatabase logging.<br>
> <br>
> OMG thanks for sharing those details I had the full path and could not figure out<br>
> WTF was wrong for the last 1+ years after I set up things again (or maybe when I had<br>
> to switch to another grabber).<br>
> <br>
> "Path" is such the wrong word to use there, and the GUI does not seem to specify<br>
> that it should not be the full path.<br>
> <br>
> -- Patrick<br>
<br>
The help text is good, but I admit that long ago I created a ticket in Trac for<br>
the issue. But there had already been debate about the security of putting a<br>
full path there. The program-name-only won.<br>
<br>
"Use 'mythfilldatabase' or the name of a custom script that will populate<br>
the program guide info for all your video sources."<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Bill<br>
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