[mythtv-users] Backup and restore utility - sort bug?

Paul Harrison mythtv at dsl.pipex.com
Sun Oct 19 18:15:23 UTC 2008


Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 10/19/2008 01:38 PM, Mike Holden wrote:
>   
>> Been trying to use the tool wiki-ed at
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore and while
>> the utility for restore works in principle, it doesn't seem to pick the
>> most recent file for restore.
>>
>> It looks to me like a bug in the sort, where $0 should be $a, ie replace
>>     my @sorted_files = sort { lc($b) cmp lc($0) } @files;
>> with
>>     my @sorted_files = sort { lc($b) cmp lc($a) } @files;
>>
>> I can't find any reference to what $0 is supposed to do in Perl sort, but
>> maybe I've missed something?
>>   
>>     
> http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/5649
>
> So, until the patch is applied, either specify a filename (with 
> --filename, 
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Full_restore_of_a_specific_backup_file 
> ) or apply the patch yourself (which, really, you've done with the above 
> change you made).
>
> Thanks, though, for asking here, first, rather than just opening a new 
> ticket (which would have been a duplicate).  Feedback on the scripts is 
> appreciated.
>
> Mike
>
>   

Fixed :-)

Paul H.


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