From 741dc05a35312034c8f1e20c5c08a6755812ba67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andre Noll Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:53:30 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README.afs: Add some information on para_fsck. --- README.afs | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.afs b/README.afs index dd809144..d77f6bfa 100644 --- a/README.afs +++ b/README.afs @@ -223,12 +223,33 @@ songs is --------- Troubles? --------- -If something went wrong, look at the output. If that does not give -you a clue, use loglevel one (option -l 1 for most commands) to show -debugging info. Almost all paraslash executables have a brief online -help which is displayed by using the -h switch. - -Still not working? Mail the author Andre Noll -(english, german, or spanish language). Please provide enough info -such as the version of paraslash you are using and relevant parts of -the logs. + +Use loglevel one (option -l 1 for most commands) to show debugging +info. Almost all paraslash executables have a brief online help which +is displayed by using the -h switch. + +para_fsck tries to fix your database. Use --force (even if your name +isn't Luke), to clean up after a crash. However, first make sure +para_server isn't running before executing para_fsck if para_fsck +complains about busy (dirty) tables. para_fsck also contains an option +to dump the contents of your the contents of the database to the file +system. + +If you don't mind to recreate your database you can start +from scratch by removing the entire database directory, i.e. + + rm -rf ~/.paraslash/afs_database + +Note that this removes all tables, in particular attribute definitions +and data, and all playlist and mood definitions. + +para_fsck operates on the osl-layer, i.e. it fixes inconsistencies +in the database but doesn't know about the contents of the tables +contained therein. Use + + para_client check + +to print out bad entries, e.g.missing audio files or invalid mood +definitions. + +Still having problems? mailto: Andre Noll -- 2.39.5