[vdr] Re: Big Problem with playing DVD's

[Clemens Kirchgatterer <clemens@thf.ath.cx>]

Sergei Haller <Sergei.Haller@math.uni-giessen.de> wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Clemens Kirchgatterer (CK) wrote:
> 
> CK> i wrote: the scope of shell variable is limited to the shell it is
> CK> defined in, as long as it isn't "exported". i don't know, if this
> CK> is of any matter in the case of DVDCSS_METHOD.
> 
> if you don't export it, then vdr doesn't know anything about that
> variable. (the same as if you didn't set this variable at all)

i'm not so sure about that, because vdr will get started from within the
same shell. at least as long as vdr gets started in the same script as
the DVDCSS_METHOD variable gets defined. but you may be right! :-)