[mythtv-users] Messages from system to user

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Jan 5, 2004, at 12:05, Kevin Kuphal wrote:

> Is there a facility for the system (any module) to post messages to the
> user?  Being a ReplayTV user, I'm used to checking my messages weekly 
> to see
> if any connections were missed or whatever.  While we are on Linux 
> here,
> end-users probably don't want to hear "check your log files".  While 
> OSD is
> nice for things that happen in realtime, I could see the filldatabase 
> script
> using this as well as other background processes that might not happen 
> as a
> user is watching.
>
> I may tackle this as an enhancement if this hasn't been developed yet.
> Ideally I would see a simple table in the database storing the messages
> where relevant modules could insert into and the "reader" could just 
> select
> and/or delete from.  Would this be best as it's own module or something
> included in the Setup screens as a simple "Messages" option?

I set my system up to simply email me logwatch and crontab reports, so 
I get a daily email showing the results of mythfilldatabase, important 
log events, etc. All I did was tell the system to route all mail for 
root and my mythtv user to my email account (can be done either in your 
mail daemon's aliases facility or with .forward files). Not elegant, 
but it does the job.

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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