[mythtv-users] Requeue All Shows Not Commflagged?

[Drew Tomlinson]

On 5/13/2013 3:59 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 5/13/2013 6:11 PM, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
>> On 5/13/2013 9:50 AM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>>> Why not just run '/usr/bin/mythcommflag --queue'? It does the same 
>>> exact
>>> thing.
>>
>> Well that answers my third question about duplicating something that
>> already exists.  :D  I did read the wiki page for mythcommflag
>> (http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythcommflag) but the '--queue' option
>> seemed to be something used in addition to '--chanid' and '--starttime'.
>
> When in doubt, check the terminal help.  If one option requires 
> another, it will say so, as below:
>
> >mythcommflag --help chanid
> ...
> Requires the use of:
>  --starttime
>
>
>> 1. Is a 'for' loop the proper loop to use?  I fiddled with 'while' and
>> 'read' and 'read line' but couldn't get those to work either.
>>
>> 2. How do I get the newline added so I can make this a script?
>
> In my honest opinion, you don't. If you want to interface with MySQL, 
> use a proper programming language with proper database bindings. Perl 
> and Python are popular options. The value of batch languages like Bash 
> is when you want to guarantee the interpreter is there, and has few to 
> no dependencies. It's very useful for things like init scripts. It's 
> decreasingly useful the larger and/or more complex your script grows.

Thank you for your reply.  You make a valid point.

Cheers,

Drew

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