[mythtv-users] How to safely stop mythcommflag

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Jul 11, 2008, at 9:14 AM, Paul wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Bruce Nordstrand  
> <brucen at ksl.com.au> wrote:
>> Sometimes I would like to stop mythcommflag from running 'cause it  
>> loads
>> up my machine. Just how do I do it safely without disturbing the
>> database tables?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Bruce
>
> I think you can send it a STOP signal via kill to pause it, and then a
> CONT to restart. At least that is what seems to be a case based off a
> script i came across by crushinator:
> http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16027

You can also set jobs to only run at times when your machine is less  
likely to be doing other things.