[mythtv-users] Joy and pain (Daryl McDonald)

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Bill,

Friday, February 14, 2014, 6:01:38 PM, you wrote:

> On 02/14/2014 10:26 AM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> ...
>> Obviously there is a separate configuration file that handles the ir blaster. A
>> way to find that file is
>> searching al files in /etc for one containing /dev/lirc. Type at the console:
>> for File in `find *`; do
>> if [ -f $File ]; then
>> Count=`grep -ic "/dev/lirc" $File`
>> if [ $Count -gt 0 ]; then
>> echo "  $Count : $File"
>> fi
>> fi
>> done

> Daryl might find this an easier way to search for /dev/lirc in all files
> under /etc:

>      sudo grep -iR "/dev/lirc" /etc

> The sudo eliminates all of the "Permission denied" errors.


Right Bill. Although most of the time just reading is no problem in
/etc. Most files are world readable, with exception to some files
containing passwords etc, which can't be the file he is looking for.

But then you change the part `grep -ic "/dev/lirc" $File` to
`sudo grep -ic "/dev/lirc" $File`
Assuming you don't need to type your password for every file. If
that's the case, you probably have to su to root before running the
command.  

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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