[mythtv-users] Follow symlinks when deleting

Chris Pinkham cpinkham at bc2va.org
Sun Jan 1 22:35:23 UTC 2006


> I can't get the option "Follow symbolic links when deleting files" to
> work. It's enabled in mythtv-setup. I've checked that the symlinks
> themselves are correct, and the file permissions are also set
> properly.
> 
> Nevertheless, whenever I delete a recording, the symlink is deleted
> and the target is left in place.

Anything in the backend logs?  Try running "mythbackend -v file" to see
if it adds any useful info.  If there is an error deleting either the
link or the file, an error message should be in the backend log.

-- 
Chris



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