2012/9/4 Gero <geronimo013@xxxxxx>: >> I decided to use /var/spool/video (could have been /var/spool/vdr >> too). > > That's a good point! > > Lots of VDR-users use VDR as a standalone system and for those systems > /var/spool might be more appropriate than /srv > > /srv is right, if the VDR-machine offers the recordings like a NAS or > MediaServer, so in case the VDR is a backend machine, it might be better to > symlink /var/spool/video to /srv/video or the like. The FHS gives further examples for /var/spool "Printer spool directory" "Outgoing mail queue" I cannot see how a recording directory is comparable with a printer or outgoing mail queue. Christopher _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr