[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase --no-delete in 0.21

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/24/2008 02:53 PM, John Veness wrote:
> I usually run mythfilldatabase --no-delete (which in turn runs the 
> tv_grab_uk_rt XMLTV grabber). Since upgrading to 0.21 I see that it says 
> that the --no-delete option is deprecated, and indeed it no longer 
> appears in in the --help. Does that mean that mythfilldatabase will not 
> delete the last 7 days of listings by default, or what?
>
> I checked the wiki first, but 
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Release_Notes_-_0.21 doesn't 
> mention it and http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Mythfilldatabase 
> still mentions --no-delete as a valid option.

As of 0.21, mythfilldatabase no longer cleans out old program guide data
(since not everyone needs to run mythfilldatabase).  With this change,
MythTV was modified so that it /always/ leaves the 7 days of guide data,
now.

This also works nicely with the fact that we keep the result of any
scheduled recording (even failed recordings) for (just over) a week.  It
allows the user to see what else was on when a show didn't record
because of "unexpected" conflicts.

Mike