Orphaned files when deleting from XBMC

[dinki]

I'm not sure if I'm having an issue with XBMC or nPVR. I use XBMC clients exclusively with my nPVR backend. I am seeing orphaned .nfo files (created with imageGrabLite) when I delete recordings from XBMC. This not only leaves the .nfo files but also the directories for the show as well. Does anyone know what I should do to ensure that XBMC deletes all files associated with the recording as well as the directory if it is empty?

[mvallevand]

I'm not sure if I'm having an issue with XBMC or nPVR. I use XBMC clients exclusively with my nPVR backend. I am seeing orphaned .nfo files (created with imageGrabLite) when I delete recordings from XBMC. This not only leaves the .nfo files but also the directories for the show as well. Does anyone know what I should do to ensure that XBMC deletes all files associated with the recording as well as the directory if it is empty?

I guess it depends how you delete the files. If you use something that is based on the NextPVR backend you need to add nfo in

<DeleteAdditionalExtension>...,nfo</DeleteAdditionalExtension>

Martin

[dinki]

Perfect. Thanks!

[kricker]

That seems to work from inside XBMC's live TV/Recordings window. Unfortunately if you have your items brought into the XBMC TV library and delete from there, this doesn't work. I have a small batch file I run on occasion to clean up those left over files.

[dinki]

Hi Kricker. I'm not importing into the XBMC native TV library yet. Can you share your batch file anyway?

[kricker]

Sure:

Code:

@echo off
for /r %%G in ("*.nfo") do (call :check "%%G")
goto :eof

:check
if "%~nx1"=="tvshow.nfo" goto :eof
if exist "%~pn1.ts" goto :eof
echo "%~pnx1"
del "%~pnx1"

:eof

This only does .nfo files, but it could be expanded to do .txt and .edl files as well.

Code:

if "%~nx1"=="tvshow.nfo" goto :eof
if exist "%~pn1.ts" goto :eof

Those 2 lines allow it to skip the tvshow.nfo, so it does not get deleted and the .ts file is the recorded show. If you do not record to .ts files, you probably need to change that.

[dinki]

Perfect. Thank you. I didn't know you could record to anything but TS files.