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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
