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Ticket #7867: MythVideo unable to use directory names containing ':'

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Jan 6, 2010, 10:23 AM

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Ticket #7867: MythVideo unable to use directory names containing ':'

#7867: MythVideo unable to use directory names containing ':'
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Reporter: anonymous | Owner: awithers
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone: unknown
Component: Plugin - MythVideo | Version: head
Severity: medium | Mlocked: 0
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MythVideo uses colon ':' as separator for multiple directories in its
VideoStartupDir DB field. However, colon is a perfectly valid character
in linux filenames, so MythVideo fails to locate directories that have ':'
in their names. Same problem occurs with storage groups that include
directory names containing colon - MythVideo can't find them.

MythVideo should instead use a non-filename-valid separator, such as
semicolon ';'

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Ticket URL: <http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/7867>
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mythtv at cvs

Jan 7, 2010, 10:28 AM

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Re: Ticket #7867: MythVideo unable to use directory names containing ':' [In reply to]

#7867: MythVideo unable to use directory names containing ':'
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Reporter: anonymous | Owner: awithers
Type: defect | Status: closed
Priority: minor | Milestone: unknown
Component: Plugin - MythVideo | Version: head
Severity: medium | Resolution: wontfix
Mlocked: 0 |
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Changes (by robertm):

* status: new => closed
* resolution: => wontfix

Comment:

Unfortunately, only "/" and NUL are invalid in linux/unix filesystems.
Even a semicolon would be an allowed filename character. Because we won't
use NUL as a separator and / is a directory delimiter, we must settle on a
usable character for directory separators.

See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems#cite_note-
note-25-3

With all that in mind, I'll be leaving this the same to remain consistent
with the rest of Myth where similar separators are used.

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Ticket URL: <http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/7867#comment:1>
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Jan 7, 2010, 10:39 AM

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