Hi, as far as I see, the new SVDRP grab code always prepends the given filename with the grabdirectory (given with -g) even if the filename in the grab command is actualy a full path. Is this change intended? I yes, may be this should be documented somewhere, as it's not backward compatible with older vdr versions. But I don't see a reason why it's necessary. The path check later will catch a wrong path anyways. I'd suggested something like (defaulting to jpeg with no filename extention for enhanced backward compatibility too): --- svdrp.c.orig 2005-12-30 16:42:29.000000000 +0100 +++ svdrp.c 2006-01-09 19:15:51.000000000 +0100 @@ -682,8 +682,7 @@ else if (strcmp(FileName, "-") == 0) FileName = NULL; else { - Reply(501, "Missing filename extension in \"%s\"", FileName); - return; + Jpeg = true; } // image quality (and obsolete type): if ((p = strtok_r(NULL, delim, &strtok_next)) != NULL) { @@ -729,10 +728,13 @@ char RealFileName[PATH_MAX]; if (FileName) { if (grabImageDir) { - char *s; - asprintf(&s, "%s/%s", grabImageDir, FileName); - FileName = s; - char *slash = strrchr(FileName, '/'); // there definitely is one + char *s = 0; + char *slash = strrchr(FileName, '/'); + if (!slash) { + asprintf(&s, "%s/%s", grabImageDir, FileName); + FileName = s; + } + slash = strrchr(FileName, '/'); // there definitely is one *slash = 0; char *r = realpath(FileName, RealFileName); *slash = '/'; Regards. -- Stefan Huelswitt s.huelswitt@xxxxxx | http://www.muempf.de/