[mythtv-users] of crontab, tv_grab, and mythfilldatabase

[Paul Graydon]

*hammers head against brick wall*

Thank you very much, you were right.

Ahh well, you learn something new everyday, for me its that "." is a very useful character indeed.

Now to get this working under the day to day users account, what should hopefully be an easy task.

On 22 Nov 2005 at 10:08, Robert Tsai wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 02:25:09PM -0000, Paul Graydon wrote:
> > Its working fine, inside env.sh I have an echo statement, which
> > appears in the log file.
> 
> You have to put the echo statements outside of env.sh to see if what
> you do inside of env.sh has any effects on the environment in the
> calling script (it doesn't).
> 
> > On 22 Nov 2005 at 9:08, Robert Tsai wrote:
> > 
> > > > ####################
> > > > {
> > > > rm -f /media/dvb.xml
> > > > date
> > > > /root/env.sh
> > > > perl /usr/bin/tv_grab_uk_rt --config-file /root/.mythtv/RadioTimes.xmltv --quiet > /media/dvb.xml
> > > > /usr/bin/mythfilldatabase --file 2 -1 /media/dvb.xml
> > > > 
> > > > } >> /root/log.log 2>&1
> > > 
> > > This script needs to say:
> > > 
> > > 	. /root/env.sh (bash)
> > > 
> > > 	or
> > > 
> > > 	source /root/env.sh (*csh)
> > > 
> > > Otherwise, the environment variables presumably set in the "env.sh"
> > > script won't be picked up.
> > > 
> > > To confirm this, you can do a:
> > > 
> > > 	...
> > > 	/root/env.sh
> > > 	env | sort
> > > 	perl /usr/bin/tv_grab_...
> > > 
> > > and compare that output with
> > > 
> > > 	...
> > > 	. /root/env.sh
> > > 	env | sort
> > > 	perl /usr/bin/tv_grab_...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --Rob
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----
> > Paul Graydon
> > Network Technician
> > Haywards Heath College
> > http://www.hhc.ac.uk (01444) 456281
> > "Joy is not in things; it is in us."   Richard Wagner
> > 
> 
> --Rob
> 


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Paul Graydon
Network Technician
Haywards Heath College
http://www.hhc.ac.uk (01444) 456281
"Joy is not in things; it is in us."   Richard Wagner