[mythtv-users] ERROR when trying to autoexpire file

[Michael Lynch]

On 10/10/06, James Pifer <jep at obrien-pifer.com> wrote:
> I keep getting this message in the backend log and my backend got
> totally hosed where I had to restart it right after it hit this problem.
> The file does not exist. Searching google gave me no solution, but I did
> find people with the same problem.
>
> AutoExpire: ERROR when trying to autoexpire file: /mythtv/recordings/1065_20061001135623.mpg. File doesn't exist.  Database metadata will not be removed.
>
> How can I clean this up?
>
> Thanks,
> James
>

I've cleared up similar problems by just touching the file it's
looking for.  Try

touch /mythtv/recordings/1065_20061001135623.mpg