Michael Brown wrote: > Hi Folks! > > Part of my project to have a "shared" Freevo installation, I'm trying to > figure > out the best way of sharing or not sharing certain stuff. I'm hoping to get > some clarification on my understanding (or lack thereof) of some of the Freevo > directories. > > OS_STATICDIR, FREEVO_STATICDIR > OS_LOGDIR, FREEVO_LOGDIR > > As I understand it (please correct me if I'm wrong), OS_STATICDIR will default > to /var/lib, and FREEVO_STATICDIR will be either /var/lib/freevo or ~/.freevo > and /var/log and ~/.freevo/log for the LOGDIRs. Does setting the FREEVO one > override the OS one? Should both be set?
FREEVO_STATICDIR will default to /var/lib/freevo if this directory exists if not it will create ~/.freevo/lib. This same in true for FREEVO_LOGDIR and FREEVO_CACHEDIR. These can be set as environment variables so they can point anywhere. >>From what I understand, the cache directory will go, by default, under > FREEVO_STATICDIR, as will the TV_RECORD_SCHEDULE, TV_LOGOS, XMLTV_FILE, > Favourites, etc. I'm not certain as to the exact purpose of the overlay > directory though, and how it differs from the cache options. Could someone > explain it for me? FREEVO_CACHEDIR will use /var/cache/freevo or ~/.freevo/cache. The overlay directory is used to cache information about removable media such as DVDs. By default this is the FREEVO_CACHEDIR/vfs. > As for a multi-Freevo environment, I'm figuring that the logs should be on the > local machine, as should the web server cache. I'm guessing that the > FREEVO_STATICDIR could be shared, with overrides for things that shouldn't be > shared (in my case, I have one box recording with a Digital cable tuner and > separate XMLTV file from the other analog tuner box. So, is there anything > other than TV_RECORD_SCHEDULE that shouldn't be shared in that case? Where > are > recordserver lockfiles placed? lock files go into the cache dir. The basic difference between cache and static is that you can safely delete the cache without losing any information that cannot be regenerated. So your favourites are static and the weather is cached. > Are there any other directories I should be aware of? You just about have all of the freevo specific ones. > Thanks for the help! I'll roll all this stuff up for a wiki entry soon... This will be very good and helpful. Hope this is now clear. Duncan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
