On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Udo Richter <udo_rich...@gmx.de> wrote:
> On 06.02.2009 13:49, Alex Betis wrote: > > I'm playing now with autoshutdown script (the one that is specified with > > -s switch) and have a question. > > When power button is pressed, VDR calls the script, but lets say the > > script decided not to > > shutdown the PC (other background work is done). I see that VDR shows a > > countdown of > > 5 minutes saying that it will shutdown soon. > > VDR does not know whether the shutdown script initiated the shutdown or > decided to ignore it, so it simply sets the SHUTDOWNRETRY time (6 > minutes) until next shutdown attempt. The 5-minute countdown will > automatically start after the first minute. > > > What are the common ways to cancel that? > > I thought about sending a "back" button using SVDRP. Is there any other > > methods? > > There is no official way to announce background activity from outside of > VDR. Sending a keystroke would work, but probably shifts shutdown > several hours into the future. Sending a poweroff when done is also a > bad idea, as an user might be using VDR by now. > > The easiest way is to just assume that no one sees the countdowns, and > keep trying shutdown until it succeeds. Any user activity will make the > countdown disappear anyway. Ok, got the idea. I thought VDR will shutdown itself after that counter, something that is not really wanted. After trying it, I see that it just counts down and call the script again. I saw somewhere in the manual also that it leaves the control to the script (to kill it) and do not exit by itself. Thanks. > > > Plugins have more control over shutdown, they can report their activity > and can even announce future activity, leaving VDR the decision to shut > down until then or not. > > > Cheers, > > Udo > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr@linuxtv.org > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr >
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