[mythtv-users] mount recordings
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Mon Sep 8 15:50:09 UTC 2014
On 08/23/2014 05:52 PM, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 23/08/14 19:31, Bill Meek wrote:
>> On 08/23/2014 01:24 PM, Karl Newman wrote:
>>> On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Bill Meek wrote:
>> ...
>>>> 1. If the directory isn't there already, type:
>>>>
>>>> sudo mkdir /mnt/storage
>>> I think you mean:
>>> sudo mkdir -p /media/storage
>>
>> Thanks for spotting that
>>
> I would point out that /media/... directories are usually reserved for
> dismountable media like USB sticks, CD-ROMs, DVDs and the like.
Exactly. http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#MEDIAMOUNTPOINT
> I believe that hard disks would normally be mounted under /mnt/... if
> not system media mounted as part of the normal tree.
>
Technically, /mnt is provided to allow the system administrator to
temporarily mount file systems as needed.
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#MNTMOUNTPOINTFORATEMPORARILYMOUNT
So, really, no application should be using any "temporary" file system
in /mnt.
IMHO, MythTV data belongs in /srv:
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#SRVDATAFORSERVICESPROVIDEDBYSYSTEM
but it seems I'm the only one left in the world who really cares about
the FHS. :)
Some distros put MythTV data in /var/lib (which is not in line with FHS:
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARLIBVARIABLESTATEINFORMATION
), but is much better than putting it in some user's (even a "mythtv"
account's) home directory (which some people often try to do).
Mike
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