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MYTHTV-UPDATE-MOTD(1) General Commands Manual MYTHTV-UPDATE-MOTD(1)

NAME

mythtv-update-motd - update the MOTD with a MythTV backend status

SYNOPSIS

mythtv-update-motd

DESCRIPTION

Update the system MOTD with the status of a MythTV backend. It is typically run from cron.

CONFIGURATION

The configuration file for this script is /etc/default/mythtv-status options of interest:
HOST
The host to check, by default this is localhost.
UPDATE_MOTD
Should this script run? Set to yes to enable, anything else to disable.
UPDATE_MOTD_ARGS
Any additional arguments you'd like to have run if the MOTD is updated by this script.

You can also disable this script from running by creating a file called /var/lib/mythtv-status/motd_update_disabled. If you run either:

systemctl stop mythtv-status

or

/etc/init.d/mythtv-status stop

this will be done for you, and will remove the most recent motd snippet.

OPTIONS

None

EXIT STATUS

0
Updated MOTD with MythTV status
1
Failed to update MOTD with MythTV status

FILES

/etc/default/mythtv-status Config file

SEE ALSO

mythtv-status(1),

AUTHOR

mythtv-update-motd and this manpage were written by Andrew Ruthven <andrew@etc.gen.nz>.
2018-12-31