[mythtv-users] I somehow broke it [solved]

James Linder jam at tigger.ws
Sat Jan 4 04:34:24 UTC 2020


The backup bit is so simple so stupid that extreem embarassment is rife

…

> backup still complains about the target directory!
> 
> [sandypit] /store/jam [1060]% ls -ld DBbackup/
> drwxr-xr-x 2 jam users 4096 Jan  2 11:16 DBbackup/
> 
> [sandypit] /store/jam [1061]% ls -l DBbackup/
> total 45776
> -rw-r--r-- 1 jam users 46873909 Jan  2 11:16 mythconverg-1348-20200102111627.sql.gz
> 
> [sandypit] /store/jam [1062]% /usr/local/bin/mythconverg_backup.pl --directory /home/jam/DBbackup
> 
> ERROR: DBBackupDirectory is not a directory or is not writable. Please specify
>       a directory in your database information file using DBBackupDirectory.
>       If not using a database information file, please specify the
>        --directory command-line option.
> 
> Invalid backup directory, stopped at /usr/local/bin/mythconverg_backup.pl line 878.

I, um changed my home directory to a place with more space and did not tell backuprc, even worse it says where LOUD n CLEAR

James


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