MYTHTV-RECORDING-NOW(1)

📦 version 1.2.0, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 MYTHTV-RECORDING-NOW 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the mythtv_recording_now page from the General Commands Manual — yes it's a whole manual, yes it's about one single tiny question, and yes we're gonna make it iconic 💅

✨ NAME ✨

mythtv_recording_now — the little vibe-check that tells you whether a MythTV backend is recording right now or not 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mythtv_recording_now

that's it. no flags, no args, no drama. she just runs 🦋

🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

so mythtv_recording_now checks to see if a MythTV backend is recording now. that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly, no cap ✨

how does she know which backend to peek at? she looks at the host that's configured in /etc/default/mythtv-status, specifically via the HOST setting. so like, if you're wondering "why is it checking THAT machine", girl, it's because that's what your HOST says. iykyk 🌈

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • None — literally zero options. nothing to pass. nothing to configure here. she ate and left no crumbs and also left no flags 💀

⭐ EXIT STATUS ⭐

this is the part where she spills the tea in the only way a program knows how — with numbers, periodt 👑

  • 0 — MythTV backend is recording 🎉 she IS filming, bestie
  • 1 — MythTV backend is not recording 😭 nothing's rolling rn
fr fr, if you're scripting this, those two numbers are your whole story. check them, don't sleep on them 🙈

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • /etc/default/mythtv-status — Config file. this is where the HOST setting lives, and it's the whole reason she knows where to look 🧚

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go read those too, they're giving main character energy in their own right 💜

👑 AUTHOR 👑

mythtv_recording_now and this manpage were written by Andrew Ruthven <andrew@etc.gen.nz>. absolute legend behavior, we love to see it 🫶

okay so that's the whole page!! this lil cutie is from the 2008-04-19 era of the General Commands Manual, and it's been serving accurate recording-status realness ever since. bye bestie, go check if something's recording 💖✨🎀

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