[mythtv-users] Will this ever work in MythTV?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/11/2006 03:12 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 03/11/2006 02:33 PM, Chris Petersen wrote:
>   
>>> Instead of mythname.pl, use mythlink.sh to create links with real 
>>> program names.  You'll have to edit the script a bit to make it work 
>>> (there was a much easier to configure version in SVN between 0.18 and 
>>> 0.19, but once Chris made mythlink.pl (which became mythrename.pl), 
>>> there was no need for mythlink.sh).  If you want the easy to configure 
>>> one (it should work with 0.18), you can get it from 
>>> http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/browser/trunk/mythtv/contrib/mythlink.sh?rev=7024&format=raw
>>>     
>>>       
>> fyi, mythrename will work with .18, but only with the --link option. 
>> You still only get symlinks, but you can choose the name formatting 
>> however you want, separate into subdirs, etc.
>>   
>>     
> Won't it fail since we're using basename to get the existing recording 
> filename?

Of course, if you meant a version of mythrename.pl from about the same 
time period (or any version of mythlink.pl)--such as 
http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/browser/trunk/mythtv/contrib/mythrename.pl?rev=7285&format=raw 
--you're right.  Sorry I didn't figure that out before posting.

Mike