[mythtv] RE: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_na_dd backportdatato.14system?
Matthew Mead
mkmead at hoodnet.net
Sun May 23 23:31:51 EDT 2004
Can I reuse part of the old command to randomize it a bit more?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Bauer" <jfbauer at comcast.net>
To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv] RE: [mythtv-users] tv_grab_na_dd
backportdatato.14system?
> On Sunday 23 May 2004 00:36, Matthew Mead wrote:
> > OK, hopefully this is my last reply on this.
> >
> > 1. I setup a crontab -e and changed from this:
> >
> > ### Run mythfilldatabase every night at some random time after 2:30am
> > 30 2 * * * sleep $(expr $RANDOM \% 7200) && mythfilldatabase >
> > /var/log/mythtv/mythfilldatabase.log 2>&1
> >
> > To this:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > ##su mythtv -c "mythfilldatabase --quiet"
> > 10 1 * * * su mythtv -c "/usr/local/bin/mythfilldatabasecron_dd"
> >
> > I then went to the /usr/local/bin directory, su to root, and created
> > mythfilldatabasecron_dd
> >
> > I put this in it:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > #/usr/local/bin/mythfilldatabasecron_dd
> >
> > # temporary filename
> > dirname='/tmp'
> > filename="tv-${RANDOM}${RANDOM}"
> > xml_file=${dirname}/${filename}.xml
> >
> > # From step 8
> > sourceid=1
> >
> > # replace all data
> > offset=-1
> >
> > # How many days worth of guide data to download
> > numdays=10
> >
> > /usr/bin/tv_grab_na_dd --output ${xml_file} --days ${numdays} \
> > --old-chan-id && \
> > /usr/bin/mythfilldatabase --file ${sourceid} ${offset} ${xml_file}
> >
> > # Remove the temporary file
> > rm ${xml_file}
> >
> > I then saved it and gave the following command to make it excutable:
> >
> > chmod +x mythfilldatabasecron_dd
> >
> >
> > Does that look right? or do I need to adjust my cron job time or add a
> > timer to the other two lines where I have #'s at?
>
> Looks ok to me. The sleep was there so everyone that used that identical
> entry wasn't hitting the server at the same time.
>
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