[mythtv-users] find_orphans.py

[Eric Sharkey]

On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 10:33 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
> Slow deletes only happen when actually deleting something. With a hard drive
> failure, you have no files to delete, fast or slow. All you have are
> orphaned entries in the database, which should get taken out within a few
> seconds of issuing the delete.

That's not how it actually happens in practice, though.  It can take hours.

The last time I tried this:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/565535#565535

I was getting about 6 seconds per deleted orphan.  It took 90 minutes
to clear out about a thousand entries.

Eric