Do official slice files stick around somewhere?

[jasper]

I assume my subbed TiVo gets slice files from the service every night or so. Do they stay around anywhere? Could I intercept them and copy them off to the side so even if they get deleted I have a spare copy? I would like to start looking at the contents but I want to use data that is actually meaningful to me. Thanks.

[BubbleLamp]

The slices go into the packages directory, but get processed quickly. If you are fast enough, you can catch some before they get processed and deleted.

[jasper]

One more question then (a little on the newbie side) - does the slice loading process reindex the data or is there some external process for that? I see references to both on various threads but no concensus.

[keith721]

sneaky trick for grabbing the slice files, even after they're gone from your TiVo, but it only works if you're not nulling/clearing out all of your log files.

1. use a telnet / serial connection to reach the TiVo bash prompt
2. # cd /var/log
3. # grep http tclient Otclient
4. copy the http: requests for the files from this log file
5. paste them into your browser's address area
6. the web site happily serves them up to your browser
7. save the slice files whereever you prefer

this has been previously noted, but it's probably wise to not overdo it, lest TiVo/Tribune start forcing authorization of these downloads... :D

keith721