So I oughta be able just to #rc-update del mpd, since I don't need(or can't even use ) it as long as the client has permission to access the files under /var?
On 8/31/09, Greg Fitzgerald <netzda...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:11:23AM -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: >> Hi group, >> >> This is too baffling to get my head around, I hope someone can explain it >> to me: >> >> mpd is set to run in the default level but if you want to update the >> database mpd must first be stopped! Then to top it off, it doesn't >> have to be restarted to run the client, ncmpcpp in my case. >> >> So what does mpd do if it's not required for these two essential tasks? >> >> Maxim > > Most clients that I have used, ncmpc, mpc, gmpc, all have support to > update the database within the client without restarting the daemon. For > example mpc update will do just that. > > Greg > >
