[mythtv-users] controlling disk space on "/" on mythtv backend

[Jim Abernathy]

On 01/11/2018 06:55 AM, Mark Perkins wrote:
> On 11 January 2018 9:49:39 pm Jim Abernathy <jfabernathy at outlook.com> wrote:
>
>> On my backend my boot device and "/" directory is a 16GB Flash drive. I
>> did something stupid and filled up the drive.  So after deleting the
>> file I moved to the wrong place I'm back to the normal free space.
>>
>> But it brings up a question.  Does mythbackend use temporary disk space
>> somewhere on "/" that I need to redirect to one of my 2TB hard drives?
>> I have tons of free disk space just not on "/"
>>
>> My first guess is all the /var/lib/mythtv/* files to see which grow
>> large over time.  Obviously, Default and LiveTV are on the separate hard
>> drives.
>>
>> Jim A
>>
>>
>>
> ~/.mythtv/cache/
> Is the first one that comes to mind for me. I have seen previous reports of
> it causing disk space issues on this list.
>
If this system never ran mythfrontend, would ~/.mythtv/cache/ be a problem?

Jim A

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