[mythtvnz] Deleting files

Steve Hodge stevehodge at gmail.com
Tue Sep 17 01:25:26 BST 2013


On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Worik Stanton <worik.stanton at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 17/09/13 11:58, Steve Hodge wrote:
> [snip]
> >>
> >> Is myth queuing up my deletes in some way?  Can I tell it to hurry
> >> up?
> >>
> >
> > Yes, deleting in MythTV simply flags the recording as deleted. It
> > won't be actually deleted until MythTV needs the space. If you only
> > need extra space for MythTV then don't worry about. If you need the
> > space for something else then follow Paul's advice and use the
> > "delete forever" function.
> >
>
> Actually I have a network drive (1TB, should be 2TB but it is
> misconfigured, another story) and it is fill.  MythTv is not making more
> space.  So worried am I!  I expect I have uncovered a bug to do with my
> disc setup, but for now I am not too concerned about that, I urgently
> need to bet rid of the 700G of files flagged as deleted.
>
> I am wondering how to use the delete forever function....
>

In MythWeb, go to "Recorded Programs" and change "Show Group" to "Deleted".
If you click delete on recordings there they should be deleted from the
disk fairly quickly. I don't know of any way to mass delete from there
though so following Paul's instructions in the frontend might be faster.

Cheers,
Steve
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