[linux-dvb] Re: runvdr-script

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Thomas Brendel wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 
> My vdr (vdr 0.72 / dvb 0.82) is running OK, but i got a problem with crashes.
> 
> Every now and then vdr crashes with a segmentation fault.
> That would be not so bad, but the script which is supposed to restrart vdr in such an event doesn't  work.
> 
> I simply get a "Line 20 segmentation fault" and the whole script is ended.
> 
> here my (just slightly edited) script:
> 
> ----------------------------------------- cut ---------------------------------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> #DVBDIR="../DVB/driver"
> DVBDIR="./usr/local/DVB/driver"
> #VDRPRG="./vdr"
> VDRPRG="/usr/local/VDR/vdr"
> VDRCMD="$VDRPRG -w 60 -v /video0 -L localhost"
> KILLPROC="/sbin/killproc -TERM"
> while (true) do
> #      (cd $DVBDIR; make reload)
> #      sleep 3
>       $VDRCMD
>       if test $? -ne 1; then exit; fi
>       date
>       echo "restarting VDR"
>       $KILLPROC $VDRPRG
>       sleep 10
> done
> echo "this should never be seen"
> ----------------------------------------- cut ---------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Is there anything i can do to make sure that vdr gets restartert after a segfault?

Change the 'test' line to

  if test $? -eq 0; then exit; fi

This appears to work more reliably.

Klaus
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