[mythtvnz] Deleting files

[Worik Stanton]

Is there no way I can kick mythtv into deleting files?  Other than the
failed methods that I have tried?  Clearly it is confused.

W


On 17/09/13 19:04, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:49:45 +1200, you wrote:
> 
>> On 17/09/13 11:23, Worik Stanton wrote:
>>> Having run out of disk space I am trying to recover some room.
>>> 
>>> I delete files using mythweb but I get no improvement in my disc.
>>>  Deleting an 8GB file does not free up *GB.
>>> 
>>> Is myth queuing up my deletes in some way?  Can I tell it to
>>> hurry up?
>>> 
>>> cheers W
>>> 
>> 
>> Looking at log, grepping for 'del'...
>> 
>> 2013-09-17T11:34:46.917538+12:00 bruce mythbackend[2720]: E
>> DeleteThread mainserver.cpp:2224 (OpenAndUnlink) Error deleting 
>> '/media/Recordings/2002_20130912040400.mpg' could not unlink 
>> #012#011#011#011eno: Text file busy (26) 
>> 2013-09-17T11:34:46.917597+12:00 bruce mythbackend[2720]: E
>> DeleteThread mainserver.cpp:2196 (DeleteFile) Delete Error 
>> '/media/Recordings/2002_20130912040400.mpg'#012#011#011#011eno:
>> Text file busy (26) 2013-09-17T11:34:46.917613+12:00 bruce
>> mythbackend[2720]: E DeleteThread mainserver.cpp:1974
>> (DoDeleteThread) Error deleting file: 
>> /media/Recordings/2002_20130912040400.mpg. Keeping metadata in
>> database.
>> 
>> 
>> That was when  was trying to to do forced deletes
>> 
>> W
> 
> So this is a network drive?  If so, please provide some more details 
> about it.  Is it a SAMBA drive?  NFS?  What sort of server is the 
> drive on?  What permissions does the other end allow the mythtv user 
> and group?  Does its log have any relevant messages?
> 
> You might like to try manually deleting one of the recording files 
> that fails to delete.  Just pick one from the mythbackend log.  Log
> in as a user in the mythtv group - the one that runs mythfrontend is
> a good one to pick, as the mythtv user itself is not normally set up 
> with the ability to login.  Then use the rm command and see if the 
> delete works.  For example:
> 
> rm /media/Recordings/2002_20130912040400.mpg
> 
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