Creating minidlna.postconf

[jacob0910]

I'm interested in becoming more familiar with postconf, so I thought I'd start out with minidlna.postconf and use it to add a video path.

I created minidlna.postconf with a text editor, Notepad to be precise, with the following:

#!/bin/sh
CONFIG=$1
source /usr/sbin/helper.sh

pc_append "media_dir=V,/mnt/MEDIAEXT3/video" $CONFIG

...copied the file to /jffs/scripts and made it executable:

chmod a+rx /jffs/scripts/minidlna.postconf

After rebooting the router (AC66U 376.48_3), I cannot see the video share. Am I missing a step?

 

[TeHashX]

Use Notepad++ for linux scripts, normal windows notepad will never work.
Try to execute your script manually and you'll see the error

sh /jffs/scripts/minidlna.postconf

 

[jacob0910]

Use Notepad++ for linux scripts, normal windows notepad will never work.

Thank you for the suggestion. I've recreated minidlna.postconf with Notepadd++. What's the issue with notepad? Just curious.

Try to execute your script manually and you'll see the error

sh /jffs/scripts/minidlna.postconf

Manually running the script gives me the following error:

'jffs/scripts/minidlna.postconf: source: line 3: can't open '/usr/sbin/helper.sh

Listing the directory contents of /usr/sbin shows helper.sh:

-rwxr-xr-x    1 admin    root           876 Nov 20 12:26 helper.sh

Should I re-apply the firmware?

 

[TeHashX]

Use "appending conf files"

ipkg install nano

if using optware

opkg install nano

if using entware
Now create minidlna.conf.add

nano /jffs/scripts/minidlna.conf.add

Paste this line

media_dir=V,/mnt/MEDIAEXT3/video

Save with Ctrl-O, Confirm with Enter and exit nano editor with Ctrl-X
Make script executable

chmod a+rx /jffs/scripts/minidlna.conf.add

Reboot router

reboot

Login again and check if your line is added to minidlna.conf

cat /tmp/etc/minidlna.conf

You can have a look here for minidlna where minidlna.conf can be edited without other startup scripts, depends witch version you choose: optware, entware, debian.
https://www.asuswrt.eu