[vdr] Re: Is there a shutdown delay for VDR?

[Sergei Haller <Sergei.Haller@math.uni-giessen.de>]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Andreas Breitenbach (AB) wrote:

AB> 
AB> > The shutdown sequence is dictated by the -s parameter passed to vdr. This is
AB> > a script which should initiate the shutdown.
AB> >
AB> > Modify the script to detect presence of noad / autocutter and not shutdown
AB> > in that case. VDR will call it again eventually.
AB> >
AB> 
AB> Does this mean, that VDR calls the shutdown script on a regular basis if script
AB> exits with returnvalue != 0?
AB> 

see INSTALL, section 'Automatic shutdown':

> [...] VDR will not automatically exit after calling the shutdown
> program, but will rather continue normally until it receives a SIGTERM
> when the computer is actually shut down. So in case the shutdown fails,
> or the shutdown program for some reason decides not to perform a
> shutdown, VDR will stay up and running and will call the shutdown
> program again after another MinUserInactivity minutes. [...]



c ya
        Sergei
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