[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase using incorrect xmltv parameters

[Bill Meek]

On 04/28/2016 10:31 AM, Jan Schneider wrote:
> Hi,
>
> does anybody else experience broken xmltv grabber parameter passing after upgrading to 0.28?
>
> I have MythFillDatabaseArgs set to:
>
> -v xmltv --syslog local7 -- --days 20
>
> but the outcome is
>
> nice tv_grab_eu_epgdata --config-file '/home/jan/.mythtv/EPG.xmltv' --output /tmp/mythOA2F66  --days 20 --verbose general --loglevel info
> --quiet --syslog local7
>
> which doesn't work of course, because the the grabber doesn't know about "--verbose general --loglevel info --quiet --syslog local7" which are
> mythfilldatabase arguments, not xmltv's.

You could try putting the full path e.g. /usr/bin/mythfilldatabase in place of
just mythfilldatabase because that will ignore the *logging* options that were
set when mythbackend was started (or changed with --setverbose.) Doing so won't
change the options passed in MythFillDatabaseArgs.

-- 
Bill