MYTHTV-UPDATE-MOTD(8)

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

💖 MYTHTV-UPDATE-MOTD 💖

okay bestie, so this one is a manual page from the System Manager's Manual — the command is called mythtv-update-motd and it lives in section 8 of the man pages. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

mythtv-update-motd — it updates the MOTD with a MythTV backend status. that's it, that's the whole job. she's simple, she's effective 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

mythtv-update-motd

no flags, no args, no drama. just run her. 🦋

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So what does she actually do? She updates the system MOTD with the status of a MythTV backend. That's the vibe. 🌈

And where does she usually live? typically run from cron. so she's a little background gremlin doing her thing on a schedule, no cap 🕐

💜 CONFIGURATION 💜

The configuration file for this script is /etc/default/mythtv-status and here are the options of interest, bestie — pay attention 👑

  • HOST — The host to check. by default this is localhost. so if you don't say anything, she's checking on herself 🪞
  • UPDATE_MOTD — Should this script run? Set to yes to enable. Anything else to disable. literally anything else. no, nope, potato, doesn't matter — not yes means off 💀
  • UPDATE_MOTD_ARGS — Any additional arguments you'd like to have run if the MOTD is updated by this script. extra lil toppings on your MOTD update 🍓

You can also disable this script from running by creating a file called /var/lib/mythtv-status/motd_update_disabled. yes, the file's existence alone is the off switch, she doesn't even read inside it 🙈

And if you run either:

systemctl stop mythtv-status

or

/etc/init.d/mythtv-status stop

this will be done for you — meaning the disable file gets created — and it will remove the most recent motd snippet. so she cleans up after herself, iconic behavior honestly 🧹✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

None

that's right. zero options. she said "I don't need them" and honestly? respect. 👑

⭐ EXIT STATUS ⭐

  • 0 — Updated MOTD with MythTV status. she ate and left no crumbs 💖
  • 1 — Failed to update MOTD with MythTV status. not her day, it happens 😭

🦋 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>. give them their flowers fr fr 💐

and that's the whole page bestie!! 🫶 this one's from the 2018-12-31 edition, part of the System Manager's Manual — go forth and update those MOTDs, mwah 💋🎀

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