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On Monday 31 August 2009 21:55:41 Maxim Wexler wrote: |
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> So I oughta be able just to #rc-update del mpd, since I don't need(or |
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> can't even use ) it as long as the client has permission to access the |
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> files under /var? |
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No. mpd clients tell the mpd daemon to reindex itself, it then does that and |
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sends an updated list back to the client. |
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The mod daemon must run. Just because there's no command line switch to get it |
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to reindex on the fly doesn't mean it can't do it or it does not need to run. |
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> On 8/31/09, Greg Fitzgerald <netzdamon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:11:23AM -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: |
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> >> Hi group, |
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> >> This is too baffling to get my head around, I hope someone can explain |
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> >> it to me: |
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> >> mpd is set to run in the default level but if you want to update the |
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> >> database mpd must first be stopped! Then to top it off, it doesn't |
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> >> have to be restarted to run the client, ncmpcpp in my case. |
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> >> So what does mpd do if it's not required for these two essential tasks? |
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> >> Maxim |
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> > Most clients that I have used, ncmpc, mpc, gmpc, all have support to |
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> > update the database within the client without restarting the daemon. For |
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> > example mpc update will do just that. |
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> > Greg |
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