Yes he can stop the mythbackend. But I wonder how many newbees (or even oldbees) know the
/etc/init.d/mythtv-backend stop|start|restart command ? (or a variant of it depending on your distro) On 6/16/05, Robert Tsai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 10:32:54AM -0700, Mudit Wahal wrote: > > I think the OP (original poster) meant by not recording a program > > even if its scheduled. Sort of an override to not record. May be a > > script which checks the load or just a file/database entry. > > > > It can be as simple as > > > > user$> cp /dev/null /myth/not_record_right_now > > > > #### recording precheck script #### > > > > if (-f /myth/not_record_right_now) then > > ### log an entry in mythlog so user know the recording has been overriden > > exit > > endif > > #### continue with the recording ######## > > > > ---- user at a later time ----- > > user$> rm /myth/not_record_right_now > > I really must be missing something. If he doesn't want MythTV to use > up any CPU, why not just stop mythbackend, then? > > --Rob > > > BodyID:138314387.2.n.logpart (stored separately) > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
