Hi,

Dieter Fauth wrote:

Hi, you can use: echo "command" | at now

example: Lautstärke korrigieren?: echo "/usr/lib/vdr/svdrpsend.pl VOLU 255" | at now

there are a lot of tools out there which are using this way (vdrconvert uses it to a wide extend) but I think this is an suboptimal solution. I would suggested a different solution here:

Lautstärke korrigieren?: setsid /usr/lib/vdr/svdrpsend.pl VOLU 255 > /dev/null 2>&1 &

This solution uses setsid to detach the spawned process. This nice little tool is include in util-linux (priority required) on debian based systems and should also be available on a wide range of other distribution.

Setsid simply makes a system call to detach the process. No additional daemons are needed and the call is executed immediately in the same context (both is different using atd).

On Sun, 28 May 2006 22:10:14 +0200, karim kafifi@wanadoo.fr wrote:

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Hello,

I am trying to run a Perl script from VDR menu, but it sticks VDR after one second : "timeout".

I've added this line in VDR's commands.conf :

MY_SCRIPT: /usr/local/bin/myscript.pl &

How could I launch the Perl script in background mode ?

Thanks.

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Hello,

I am trying to run a Perl script from VDR menu, but it sticks VDR after one second : "timeout".

I've added this line in VDR's commands.conf :

MY_SCRIPT: /usr/local/bin/myscript.pl &

How could I launch the Perl script in background mode ?

Thanks.

Hi, you can use: echo "command" | at now

example: Lautstärke korrigieren?: echo "/usr/lib/vdr/svdrpsend.pl VOLU 255" | at

now

Working perfectly. Thanks a lot.