Airtime and the deleting of files
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Cochise RuhulessinCochise Ruhulessin
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    Hello,

    I just downloaded Airtime and I'm really impressed by it's easy setup and the features it's offers.

    An external application is handling my mp3 files (Django), so I need to know if Airtime ever deletes files physically from the disk. And if yes, it there a way to prevent this; since only the external application is allowed to delete files from the local filesystem.

    Additionally, I'd like that external application to be the only application that manages mp3 files; so is it possible to complete remove or disable all file import/export functionalities from Airtime? Right now I revoked some priviliges for the Airtime database user from the `cc_files` table but I suspect this will eventually bite me, hard. I'm hoping there is a more graceful solution to this  (I have no objections against modifying source code).

    Lastly, I'd like to know if it is possible to have Airtime access files from a remote CDN or an FTP server.
    Post edited by Cochise Ruhulessin at 2012-10-29 10:14:00
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down James MoonJames Moon
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    Hi Cochise,

    It depends. There are 2 ways of importing files into Airtime. If you import your files by uploading via web interface, or copy your files into default store directory, then Airtime will delete those files. In this case, since all the files are COPIED to airtime storage folder from the original path, it makes sense to delete them.( They are only used by airtime). In the case were you put a "watch" on the folder, Airtime won't delete any files.

    Thank you
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