[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase not running automatically?

Sat Jan 22 20:02:45 UTC 2022

On 1/22/22 12:33, Patrick Mansfield via mythtv-users wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 09:37:36AM -0600, Bill Meek wrote:
>> On 1/12/22 7:56 AM, James Abernathy wrote:
>>> | MythFillDatabaseLogï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½| /var/log/mythtvï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½| NULLï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½|
>>> | MythFillDatabasePathï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ | /usr/bin/mythfilldatabase | NULLï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½|
> 
>> MythFillDatabasePath must be mythfilldatabase, any other value, like a full
>> path name will *prevent* mythfilldatabase logging.
> 
> OMG thanks for sharing those details I had the full path and could not figure out
> WTF was wrong for the last 1+ years after I set up things again (or maybe when I had
> to switch to another grabber).
> 
> "Path" is such the wrong word to use there, and the GUI does not seem to specify
> that it should not be the full path.
> 
> -- Patrick

The help text is good, but I admit that long ago I created a ticket in Trac for
the issue. But there had already been debate about the security of putting a
full path there. The program-name-only won.

  "Use 'mythfilldatabase' or the name of a custom script that will populate
   the program guide info for all your video sources."

-- 
Bill