[mythtv-users] mythbackend --printexpire

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Jul 31 18:01:13 UTC 2012


On 07/31/2012 01:11 PM, Tom Hayward wrote:
> In 0.24, I could run the command "mythbackend --printexpire" and see a
> list of the recordings next eligible for autoexpire. This was helpful
> for tuning my priorities--and no surprises when recordings were
> expired. With 0.25, the expire list never prints. I just get the
> normal startup lines...
>
> tom at t3:~$ mythbackend --help 2>&1 | grep expire
> --printexpire               Print upcoming list of recordings to be expired.
>
> tom at t3:~$ mythbackend --printexpire
> 2012-07-31 11:00:14.461484 C  mythbackend version: fixes/0.25
> [v0.25.2-3-gf0e2ad8] www.mythtv.org
> 2012-07-31 11:00:14.461679 C  Qt version: compile: 4.7.4, runtime: 4.8.1
> 2012-07-31 11:00:14.461684 N  Enabled verbose msgs:  general
> 2012-07-31 11:00:14.461711 N  Setting Log Level to LOG_INFO
> 2012-07-31 11:00:14.461823 I  Added logging to the console
> 2012-07-31 11:00:14.461831 I  Added database logging to table logging
> 2012-07-31 11:00:14.461949 N  Setting up SIGHUP handler
> 2012-07-31 11:00:14.465757 N  Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2012-07-31 11:00:14.465794 N  Using configuration directory = /home/tom/.mythtv
> 2012-07-31 11:00:14.467671 I  Assumed character encoding: en_US.UTF-8
> 2012-07-31 11:00:14.471718 N  Empty LocalHostName.
> 2012-07-31 11:00:14.471734 I  Using localhost value of t3
> 2012-07-31 11:00:14.508050 N  Setting QT default locale to EN_US
> 2012-07-31 11:00:14.508118 I  Current locale EN_US
> 2012-07-31 11:00:14.508706 N  Reading locale defaults from
> /usr/share/mythtv//locales/en_us.xml
>
> I added a drive to my Default storage group around the time I upgraded
> to 0.25. Maybe this is the cause.
>
> Without this command line tool working, the only way I know of to view
> the autoexpire list is via the frontend. I'd like the list via ssh, or
> better yet, mythweb. What happened to --printexpire? Can someone point
> me to the autoexpire SELECT query so I can run it manually?

FWIW, since you actually seem to want something more computer-parsable 
than human readable: 
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/468992#468992 (though 
the first option would be "just want to see it in the browser")

Mike


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