[mythtv-users] Notification of conflicts

[Andrew Allison]

On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 13:19 -0400, Tom Lichti wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Andrew Allison
> <andrew.allison at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 07:43 -0700, Steve Heistand wrote:
> >> Richard Morton <richard.e.morton at gmail.com>, said on Sun Sep 13, 2009 [03:21:17 PM]:
> >> } Hi,
> >> }
> >> } Now the Mythbox has come into very regular use with the other half,
> >> } the number of programmes being recorded has trebled and so we're now
> >> } getting conflicts.
> >> }
> >> } Is there a script, plugin or option for Myth that notifies you (via
> >> } email?) of a conflict. This app could be triggered on each new
> >> } recording schedule modification / schedule update so that you're
> >> } notified each time the scheduling information changes, or on a crontab
> >> } task.
> >> }
> >> } A simple email with links into mythweb to show the conflict issue
> >> } would be nice; but a notification that there are conflicts to review
> >> } would be sufficient.
> >> }
> >> } If it doesn't exist I would be interested in writing something like
> >> } this however; Although it shouldnt be too hard to create something
> >> } like this in php or python I know the scheduling engine is quite
> >> } complex so I doubt a simple SQL query would be sufficient.
> >> }
> >> } So does this sort of thing already exist?
> >> }
> >> } thanks
> >> }
> >> } Rich
> >> } _______________________________________________
> >>
> >>
> >> I run this once a day from cron:
> >>
> >> #!/bin/csh
> >>
> >> set result=`/usr/local/src/myth_trunk/mythtv/contrib/info/misc_status_info/myth_upcoming_recordings.pl --recordings -1 --no_show_scheduled --plain_text --heading '<h3>Recording Conflicts</h3>' `
> >> #                           --no_conflicts_message 'No\n' `
> >>
> >> if ( "$result" != "No conflicts." ) then
> >>   echo "$result" | Mail -s "Mythtv recording conflict" heistand >& /dev/null
> >> endif
> >>
> > This got me to thinking.
> >
> > I've dug out one of my old script files and come up with this.
> > Problem is I can't get the report into the message body,so I've had to
> > stick into the subject line.
> >
> > Can anybody spot what I've done wrong to get the report into the message
> > body.
> >
> > I've sanitized the user name and email domains and echo (echo "HELO is
> > one continuous line.
> >
> >
> > !/bin/bash
> > result=`/usr/share/doc/mythtv-docs-0.21/contrib/misc_status_info/myth_upcoming_recordings.pl --recordings -1 --no_show_scheduled --plain_text --heading '<h3>Recording Conflicts</h3>'`
> >
> > if [ "$result" != "No conflicts." ]
> > then
> >    echo "Conflict"
> >    rm /home/mythtv/conflict.report
> > #
> >    echo -n "Date:" > /home/mythtv/conflict.report
> >    /bin/date >> /home/mythtv/conflict.report
> >    echo "From:user at domain.com" >> /home/mythtv/conflict.report
> >    echo "To:user at domain.com"   >> /home/mythtv/conflict.report
> >    echo -n "Subject:Mythtv Conflict"  >> /home/mythtv/conflict.report
> >    echo $result >> /home/mythtv/conflict.report
> >    (echo "HELO domain.com"; sleep 2; echo "MAIL From:user at domain.com";
> > sleep 2; echo "RCPT To:user at domain.com"; sleep 2; echo "DATA"; sleep
> > 2; /bin/cat /home/mythtv/conflict.report; sleep 2; echo "."; sleep 2;
> > echo "QUIT"; sleep 2; ) | telnet smtp.domain.com 25
> > fi
> 
> Wouldn't it just be easier to install the mail command?

I'm guessing it's the account option. I don't want to know which decade
they slipped that one in.
> 
> Regardless, this should work better:
> 
> (echo "HELO domain.com"; sleep 2; echo "MAIL From:user at domain.com";
> sleep 2; echo "RCPT To:user at domain.com"; sleep 2; echo "DATA"; sleep
> 2; echo "Subject: MythTV recording conflict" ; sleep 2 ; echo "From:
> user at domain.com" ; sleep 2 ; echo "To: user at domain.com" ; sleep 2 ;
> /bin/cat /home/mythtv/conflict.report; sleep 2; echo "."; sleep 2;
> echo "QUIT"; sleep 2; )
> 
> 
I guess you can be too old school sometimes.