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[sjlouis]

Hi,

 

I've seen I have .del files in the trash. I think these are files which must be deleted but why they were not deleted? I've deleted then the previous day and they take ~20 Go.

 

Thank you.

[Pr2]

Hi,

 

It is like on computer files remains in trash until you empty the trash, or enable the parameter to automatically clean it up after xx days.

 

Pr2

[sjlouis]

I keep files 8 days in the trash and after 8 days, they disappear automatically but sometimes I delete them in the trash before the 8 days.

 

In this case I deleted these files in the trash. There were not visible but I've seen the .del files with the Windows explorer. It's the first time I see these files.

[mrvica]

you can delete them with

init 4

rm *.del

init 3

these files are invalid userbouquets without entries in bouquets.tv, next time enogma2 starts these files will get ending .del, work around, menu->setup->system->customize-->load unlinked userbouquets (yes), next time you copy any userbouquet....tv into /etc/enigma2 will show up in user bouquets

[Robinson]

init 4

rm *.del

init 3

 

By the way, what command should be used to move a file in HDD from one folder to another? It takes ages to copy long files to the computer, then copy them back to the new place on the HDD of my box and then remove the original files.

Let's say I have a file called. film.ts in the root of my HDD and I would like to move it to HDD/movie folder.

Also, is there a command to move ALL files in the root of my HDD to HDD/movie folder?

Thanks.

[sjlouis]

No, there are not user bouquets, there were movie files. For example, if I have deleted "Supergirl", I saw (I don't remember exactly how the name is constructed) :

20171221 SERIE CLUB Supergirl.ts.del

20171221 SERIE CLUB Supergirl.eit.del

20171221 SERIE CLUB Supergirl.cuts.del

20171221 SERIE CLUB Supergirl.ap.del

20171221 SERIE CLUB Supergirl.sc.del

 

And I deleted them from Windows Explorer. It's easier .

 

 

Robinson, you can move a file from MoviePlayer. You select the file, you choose "Copy" or "Move" from the File Menu or you affect these functions to colour keys (=> Parameters).

 

You can also use a Telnet session and use the command mv (move) :

    mv folder1/file folder2/file

 

I don't exactly remember the path, it could be :

    mv /media/hdd/file /media/hdd/movie/file

 

For file you can use generic characters as *.

[mrvica]

use move command (mv), it renames or move files

 

Usage: mv [-fin] SOURCE DEST
or: mv [-fin] SOURCE... DIRECTORY

Rename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY

        -f      Don't prompt before overwriting
        -i      Interactive, prompt before overwrite
        -n      Don't overwrite an existing file

 

mv /file.ts /hdd/movie

or giving it another name

mv /file.ts /hdd/movie/soso.ts

[WanWizard]

In this case I deleted these files in the trash. 

 

How did you do that? With the red button, and confirming with "yes"?

[sjlouis]

Yes, absolutely .

[MiLo]

Maybe the "del" files are from EMC or some other plugin. The regular one doesn't create these files, it just moves them to the trash directory.

By the way, you can delete files whenever you like in Linux, no need for the "init 4 ; init 3" dance.

[sjlouis]

I don't know what is EMC. But these files aren't seen by MoviePlayer. I've discovered them by chance with Windows Explorer.

[betacentauri]

Do you use timeshift?

[WanWizard]

Both wrong. I did a bit of digging:

 

The .del extension comes from the background file eraser. It renames the file to be deleted, then loops to truncate the file in chunks, I assume to avoid blocking the mainloop or a I/O overload.

 

If Enigma crashes, if you restart Enigma or the box, of if you switch the box off, and the loop isn't finished, you will end up with a half truncated .del file... 

[betacentauri]

Not really wrong Timeshift deletes the not any longer used timeshift files via the background file eraser.

[WanWizard]

[sjlouis]

I never used timeshift but I had a "crash" with a restart a few hours after I deleted the movies.

[WanWizard]

Which is most likely the case.

[sjlouis]

Yes but I was surprised the .del files can exist several hours after I've deleted the files. If I delete files later, will the process delete also these "lost" files?

[WanWizard]

I doubt that, otherwise you wouldn't have noticed them.

[sjlouis]

I can't be absolutely sure because my memory becomes less good but in my memories, I've deleted the files at the beginning of the afternoon and the crash was at 21 o'clock.

 

But do you know if the process is broken, can it delete later these lost files?