On 09.05.2012 16:36, Manuel Reimer wrote:
Hello,
what is the current status in this topic? Anyone working on this?
Attached is a revised version of the patch, as I intend to adopt
it in version 1.7.30.
Please try it and let me know if it works as expected.
Klaus
diff -u -b -r2.13 ./INSTALL
--- ./INSTALL 2012/06/03 09:24:21 2.13
+++ ./INSTALL 2012/09/01 10:35:08
@@ -386,6 +386,15 @@
VDR archive into your video directory (or into your config directory,
respectively, in case you have redirected it with the -c option).
+If you prefer to have your system set up according to the FHS
+("File system Hierarchy Standard") and thus have your files spread
+all over the place ;-), you can do this by copying the file Make.config.template
+to Make.config in the VDR source directory, and activating the line
+
+#USEFHS = 1
+
+in that file.
+
Setting up DiSEqC:
------------------
diff -u -b -r2.8 ./Make.config.template
--- ./Make.config.template 2012/03/20 11:20:13 2.8
+++ ./Make.config.template 2012/09/01 10:31:33
@@ -28,11 +28,22 @@
MANDIR = $(PREFIX)/man
BINDIR = $(PREFIX)/bin
+# By default locale and plugin files are built under the source directory:
LOCDIR = ./locale
PLUGINDIR = ./PLUGINS
PLUGINLIBDIR = $(PLUGINDIR)/lib
+# By default VDR requires only one single directory to operate:
VIDEODIR = /video
-CONFDIR = $(VIDEODIR)
+# Activate the following line to build VDR according to the FHS ("File system Hierarchy Standard"):
+#USEFHS = 1
+ifdef USEFHS
+VIDEODIR = /srv/vdr/video
+CONFDIR = /var/lib/vdr
+CACHEDIR = /var/cache/vdr
+RESDIR = $(PREFIX)/share/vdr
+LOCDIR = $(PREFIX)/share/locale
+PLUGINLIBDIR = $(PREFIX)/lib/vdr
+endif
### The remote control:
diff -u -b -r2.27 ./Makefile
--- ./Makefile 2012/04/15 13:21:31 2.27
+++ ./Makefile 2012/09/01 13:22:33
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@
PLUGINDIR= ./PLUGINS
PLUGINLIBDIR= $(PLUGINDIR)/lib
+# By default VDR requires only one single directory to operate:
VIDEODIR = /video
-CONFDIR = $(VIDEODIR)
+# See Make.config.template if you want to build VDR according to the FHS ("File system Hierarchy Standard")
DOXYGEN ?= /usr/bin/doxygen
DOXYFILE = Doxyfile
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@
DEFINES += -DVIDEODIR=\"$(VIDEODIR)\"
DEFINES += -DCONFDIR=\"$(CONFDIR)\"
+DEFINES += -DCACHEDIR=\"$(CACHEDIR)\"
+DEFINES += -DRESDIR=\"$(RESDIR)\"
DEFINES += -DPLUGINDIR=\"$(PLUGINLIBDIR)\"
DEFINES += -DLOCDIR=\"$(LOCDIR)\"
@@ -111,6 +114,8 @@
@echo "includedir=$(INCDIR)" >> $@
@echo "configdir=$(CONFDIR)" >> $@
@echo "videodir=$(VIDEODIR)" >> $@
+ @echo "cachedir=$(CACHEDIR)" >> $@
+ @echo "resdir=$(RESDIR)" >> $@
@echo "plugindir=$(PLUGINLIBDIR)" >> $@
@echo "localedir=$(LOCDIR)" >> $@
@echo "apiversion=$(APIVERSION)" >> $@
@@ -183,7 +188,7 @@
# Install the files:
-install: install-bin install-conf install-doc install-plugins install-i18n install-includes install-pc
+install: install-bin install-dirs install-conf install-doc install-plugins install-i18n install-includes install-pc
# VDR binary:
@@ -193,12 +198,15 @@
# Configuration files:
-install-conf:
+install-dirs:
@mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(VIDEODIR)
- @if [ ! -d $(DESTDIR)$(CONFDIR) ]; then\
- mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(CONFDIR);\
- cp *.conf $(DESTDIR)$(CONFDIR);\
- fi
+ @mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(CONFDIR)
+ @mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(CACHEDIR)
+ @mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(RESDIR)
+
+install-conf:
+ @cp *.conf $(DESTDIR)$(CONFDIR)
+
# Documentation:
diff -u -b -r2.15 ./PLUGINS.html
--- ./PLUGINS.html 2012/08/26 13:09:01 2.15
+++ ./PLUGINS.html 2012/08/31 12:46:07
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
<li><a href="#Wakeup">Wakeup</a>
<li><a href="#Setup parameters">Setup parameters</a>
<li><a href="#The Setup menu">The Setup menu</a>
-<li><a href="#Configuration files">Configuration files</a>
+<li><modified><a href="#Additional files">Additional files</modified></a>
<li><a href="#Internationalization">Internationalization</a>
<li><a href="#Custom services">Custom services</a>
<li><a href="#SVDRP commands">SVDRP commands</a>
@@ -885,39 +885,70 @@
your setup parameters and use that one to copy all parameters with one single statement
(like VDR does with its cSetup class).
-<hr><h2><a name="Configuration files">Configuration files</a></h2>
+<hr><h2><modified><a name="Additional files">Additional files</a></modified></h2>
<div class="blurb">I want my own stuff!</div><p>
-There may be situations where a plugin requires configuration files of its own, maybe
-for data that can't be stored in the simple <a href="#Setup parameters">setup parameters</a>
-of VDR, or maybe because it needs to launch other programs that simply need a separate
-configuration file. While the plugin is free to store such files anywhere it
-sees fit, it might be a good idea to put them in a common place, preferably
-where other configuration data already exists. VDR provides the function
+<modified>
+There may be situations where a plugin requires files of its own. While the plugin is
+free to store such files anywhere it sees fit, it might be a good idea to put them in a common
+place, preferably where such data already exists.
+</modified>
+<p>
+<modified>
+<i>configuration files</i>, maybe for data that can't be stored in the simple
+<a href="#Setup parameters">setup parameters</a> of VDR, or maybe because it needs to
+launch other programs that simply need a separate configuration file.
+</modified>
+<p>
+<modified>
+<i>cache files</i>, to store data so that future requests for that data can be served faster. The data
+that is stored within a cache might be values that have been computed earlier or duplicates of
+original values that are stored elsewhere.
+</modified>
+<p>
+<modified>
+<i>resource files</i>, for providing additional files, like pictures, movie clips or channel logos.
+</modified>
+<p>
+<modified>
+Threfore VDR provides the functions
<p><table><tr><td class="code"><pre>
+<modified>
const char *ConfigDirectory(const char *PluginName = NULL);
+const char *CacheDirectory(const char *PluginName = NULL);
+const char *ResourceDirectory(const char *PluginName = NULL);
+</modified>
</pre></td></tr></table><p>
-which returns a string containing the directory that VDR uses for its own configuration
-files (defined through the <tt><b>-c</b></tt> option in the call to VDR), extended by
+<modified>
+each of which returns a string containing the directory that VDR uses for its own
+files (defined through the options in the call to VDR), extended by
+</modified>
<tt>"/plugins"</tt>. So assuming the VDR configuration directory is <tt>/video</tt>
(the default if no <tt><b>-c</b></tt> or <tt><b>-v</b></tt> option is given),
a call to <tt>ConfigDirectory()</tt> will return <tt>/video/plugins</tt>. The first
call to <tt>ConfigDirectory()</tt> will automatically make sure that the <tt>plugins</tt>
subdirectory will exist. If, for some reason, this cannot be achieved, <tt>NULL</tt>
will be returned.
+<modified>
+The behavoir of <tt>CacheDirectory()</tt> and <tt>ResourceDirectory()</tt> is similar.
+</modified>
<p>
The additional <tt>plugins</tt> directory is used to keep files from plugins apart
from those of VDR itself, making sure there will be no name clashes. If a plugin
-needs only one extra configuration file, it is suggested that this file be named
-<tt>name.conf</tt>, where <i>name</i> shall be the name of the plugin.
+<modified>
+needs only one extra file, it is suggested that this file be named <tt>name.*</tt>,
+where <i>name</i> shall be the name of the plugin.
+</modified>
<p>
If a plugin needs more than one such file, it is suggested that the plugin stores
these in a subdirectory of its own, named after the plugin. To easily get such a name
-the <tt>ConfigDirectory()</tt> function can be given an additional string that will
-be appended to the returned directory name, as in
+<modified>
+the functions can be given an additional string that will be appended to the returned
+directory name, as in
+</modified>
<p><table><tr><td class="code"><pre>
const char *MyConfigDir = ConfigDirectory(Name());
@@ -928,13 +959,16 @@
(or return <tt>NULL</tt> in case of an error).
<p>
<b>
-The returned string is statically allocated and will be overwritten by subsequent
-calls to ConfigDirectory()!
+<modified>
+The returned strings are statically allocated and will be overwritten by subsequent calls!
+</modified>
</b>
<p>
-The <tt>ConfigDirectory()</tt> function is a static member function of the <tt>cPlugin</tt>
-class. This allows it to be called even from outside any member function of the derived
-plugin class, by writing
+<modified>
+The <tt>ConfigDirectory()</tt>, <tt>CacheDirectory()</tt> and <tt>ResourceDirectory()</tt>
+functions are static member functions of the <tt>cPlugin</tt> class. This allows them to be
+called even from outside any member function of the derived plugin class, by writing
+</modified>
<p><table><tr><td class="code"><pre>
const char *MyConfigDir = cPlugin::ConfigDirectory();
diff -u -b -r2.4 ./i18n.c
--- ./i18n.c 2011/08/15 10:01:45 2.4
+++ ./i18n.c 2012/09/01 10:53:43
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
NULL
};
-static const char *I18nLocaleDir = LOCDIR;
+static cString I18nLocaleDir;
static cStringList LanguageLocales;
static cStringList LanguageNames;
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@
void I18nInitialize(const char *LocaleDir)
{
- if (LocaleDir)
I18nLocaleDir = LocaleDir;
LanguageLocales.Append(strdup(I18N_DEFAULT_LOCALE));
LanguageNames.Append(strdup(SkipContext(LanguageName)));
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@
if (Locales.Size() > 0) {
char *OldLocale = strdup(setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, NULL));
for (int i = 0; i < Locales.Size(); i++) {
- cString FileName = cString::sprintf("%s/%s/LC_MESSAGES/vdr.mo", I18nLocaleDir, Locales[i]);
+ cString FileName = cString::sprintf("%s/%s/LC_MESSAGES/vdr.mo", *I18nLocaleDir, Locales[i]);
if (access(FileName, F_OK) == 0) { // found a locale with VDR texts
if (NumLocales < I18N_MAX_LANGUAGES - 1) {
SetEnvLanguage(Locales[i]);
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@
}
SetEnvLanguage(LanguageLocales[CurrentLanguage]);
free(OldLocale);
- dsyslog("found %d locales in %s", NumLocales - 1, I18nLocaleDir);
+ dsyslog("found %d locales in %s", NumLocales - 1, *I18nLocaleDir);
}
// Prepare any known language codes for which there was no locale:
for (const char **lc = LanguageCodeList; *lc; lc++) {
diff -u -b -r2.3 ./plugin.c
--- ./plugin.c 2012/03/11 13:56:02 2.3
+++ ./plugin.c 2012/09/01 13:10:27
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
// --- cPlugin ---------------------------------------------------------------
-char *cPlugin::configDirectory = NULL;
+cString cPlugin::configDirectory;
+cString cPlugin::cacheDirectory;
+cString cPlugin::resourceDirectory;
cPlugin::cPlugin(void)
{
@@ -132,8 +134,7 @@
void cPlugin::SetConfigDirectory(const char *Dir)
{
- free(configDirectory);
- configDirectory = strdup(Dir);
+ configDirectory = Dir;
}
const char *cPlugin::ConfigDirectory(const char *PluginName)
@@ -141,7 +142,35 @@
static cString buffer;
if (!cThread::IsMainThread())
esyslog("ERROR: plugin '%s' called cPlugin::ConfigDirectory(), which is not thread safe!", PluginName ? PluginName : "<no name given>");
- buffer = cString::sprintf("%s/plugins%s%s", configDirectory, PluginName ? "/" : "", PluginName ? PluginName : "");
+ buffer = cString::sprintf("%s/plugins%s%s", *configDirectory, PluginName ? "/" : "", PluginName ? PluginName : "");
+ return MakeDirs(buffer, true) ? *buffer : NULL;
+}
+
+void cPlugin::SetCacheDirectory(const char *Dir)
+{
+ cacheDirectory = Dir;
+}
+
+const char *cPlugin::CacheDirectory(const char *PluginName)
+{
+ static cString buffer;
+ if (!cThread::IsMainThread())
+ esyslog("ERROR: plugin '%s' called cPlugin::CacheDirectory(), which is not thread safe!", PluginName ? PluginName : "<no name given>");
+ buffer = cString::sprintf("%s/plugins%s%s", *cacheDirectory, PluginName ? "/" : "", PluginName ? PluginName : "");
+ return MakeDirs(buffer, true) ? *buffer : NULL;
+}
+
+void cPlugin::SetResourceDirectory(const char *Dir)
+{
+ resourceDirectory = Dir;
+}
+
+const char *cPlugin::ResourceDirectory(const char *PluginName)
+{
+ static cString buffer;
+ if (!cThread::IsMainThread())
+ esyslog("ERROR: plugin '%s' called cPlugin::ResourceDirectory(), which is not thread safe!", PluginName ? PluginName : "<no name given>");
+ buffer = cString::sprintf("%s/plugins%s%s", *resourceDirectory, PluginName ? "/" : "", PluginName ? PluginName : "");
return MakeDirs(buffer, true) ? *buffer : NULL;
}
diff -u -b -r2.1 ./plugin.h
--- ./plugin.h 2012/03/11 13:55:56 2.1
+++ ./plugin.h 2012/09/01 13:08:54
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
friend class cDll;
friend class cPluginManager;
private:
- static char *configDirectory;
+ static cString configDirectory;
+ static cString cacheDirectory;
+ static cString resourceDirectory;
const char *name;
bool started;
void SetName(const char *s);
@@ -57,6 +59,10 @@
static void SetConfigDirectory(const char *Dir);
static const char *ConfigDirectory(const char *PluginName = NULL);
+ static void SetCacheDirectory(const char *Dir);
+ static const char *CacheDirectory(const char *PluginName = NULL);
+ static void SetResourceDirectory(const char *Dir);
+ static const char *ResourceDirectory(const char *PluginName = NULL);
};
class cDll : public cListObject {
diff -u -b -r2.8 ./vdr.1
--- ./vdr.1 2012/02/27 11:01:17 2.8
+++ ./vdr.1 2012/09/01 13:40:49
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
.BI \-a\ cmd ,\ \-\-audio= cmd
Send Dolby Digital audio to stdin of command \fIcmd\fR.
.TP
+.BI \-\-cachedir= dir
+save cache files in \fIdir\fR
+(default is to save them in the video directory).
+.TP
.BI \-c\ dir ,\ \-\-config= dir
Read config files from directory \fIdir\fR
(default is to read them from the video directory).
@@ -157,6 +161,10 @@
Call \fIcmd\fR before and after a recording. See the file \fIINSTALL\fR for
more information.
.TP
+.BI \-\-resdir= dir
+read resource files from \fIdir\fR
+(default is to read them from the config directory).
+.TP
.BI \-s\ cmd ,\ \-\-shutdown= cmd
Call \fIcmd\fR to shutdown the computer. See the file \fIINSTALL\fR for more
information.
diff -u -b -r2.37 ./vdr.c
--- ./vdr.c 2012/06/13 11:28:41 2.37
+++ ./vdr.c 2012/09/01 13:30:19
@@ -178,10 +178,15 @@
// Command line options:
+#define dd(a, b) (*a ? a : b)
#define DEFAULTSVDRPPORT 6419
#define DEFAULTWATCHDOG 0 // seconds
-#define DEFAULTCONFDIR CONFDIR
+#define DEFAULTVIDEODIR VIDEODIR
+#define DEFAULTCONFDIR dd(CONFDIR, VideoDirectory)
+#define DEFAULTCACHEDIR dd(CACHEDIR, VideoDirectory)
+#define DEFAULTRESDIR dd(RESDIR, ConfigDirectory)
#define DEFAULTPLUGINDIR PLUGINDIR
+#define DEFAULTLOCDIR LOCDIR
#define DEFAULTEPGDATAFILENAME "epg.data"
bool StartedAsRoot = false;
@@ -189,7 +194,11 @@
bool UserDump = false;
int SVDRPport = DEFAULTSVDRPPORT;
const char *AudioCommand = NULL;
+ const char *VideoDirectory = DEFAULTVIDEODIR;
const char *ConfigDirectory = NULL;
+ const char *CacheDirectory = NULL;
+ const char *ResourceDirectory = NULL;
+ const char *LocaleDirectory = DEFAULTLOCDIR;
const char *EpgDataFileName = DEFAULTEPGDATAFILENAME;
bool DisplayHelp = false;
bool DisplayVersion = false;
@@ -198,7 +207,6 @@
bool MuteAudio = false;
int WatchdogTimeout = DEFAULTWATCHDOG;
const char *Terminal = NULL;
- const char *LocaleDir = NULL;
bool UseKbd = true;
const char *LircDevice = NULL;
@@ -216,6 +224,7 @@
static struct option long_options[] = {
{ "audio", required_argument, NULL, 'a' },
+ { "cachedir", required_argument, NULL, 'c' | 0x100 },
{ "config", required_argument, NULL, 'c' },
{ "daemon", no_argument, NULL, 'd' },
{ "device", required_argument, NULL, 'D' },
@@ -235,6 +244,7 @@
{ "plugin", required_argument, NULL, 'P' },
{ "port", required_argument, NULL, 'p' },
{ "record", required_argument, NULL, 'r' },
+ { "resdir", required_argument, NULL, 'r' | 0x100 },
{ "shutdown", required_argument, NULL, 's' },
{ "split", no_argument, NULL, 's' | 0x100 },
{ "terminal", required_argument, NULL, 't' },
@@ -252,6 +262,9 @@
switch (c) {
case 'a': AudioCommand = optarg;
break;
+ case 'c' | 0x100:
+ CacheDirectory = optarg;
+ break;
case 'c': ConfigDirectory = optarg;
break;
case 'd': DaemonMode = true; break;
@@ -327,7 +340,7 @@
break;
case 'l' | 0x200:
if (access(optarg, R_OK | X_OK) == 0)
- LocaleDir = optarg;
+ LocaleDirectory = optarg;
else {
fprintf(stderr, "vdr: can't access locale directory: %s\n", optarg);
return 2;
@@ -349,6 +362,9 @@
break;
case 'r': cRecordingUserCommand::SetCommand(optarg);
break;
+ case 'r' | 0x100:
+ ResourceDirectory = optarg;
+ break;
case 's': ShutdownHandler.SetShutdownCommand(optarg);
break;
case 's' | 0x100:
@@ -414,6 +430,7 @@
if (DisplayHelp) {
printf("Usage: vdr [OPTIONS]\n\n" // for easier orientation, this is column 80|
" -a CMD, --audio=CMD send Dolby Digital audio to stdin of command CMD\n"
+ " --cachedir=DIR save cache files in DIR (default: %s)\n"
" -c DIR, --config=DIR read config files from DIR (default: %s)\n"
" -d, --daemon run in daemon mode\n"
" -D NUM, --device=NUM use only the given DVB device (NUM = 0, 1, 2...)\n"
@@ -450,6 +467,7 @@
" 0 turns off SVDRP\n"
" -P OPT, --plugin=OPT load a plugin defined by the given options\n"
" -r CMD, --record=CMD call CMD before and after a recording\n"
+ " --resdir=DIR read resource files from DIR (default: %s)\n"
" -s CMD, --shutdown=CMD call CMD to shutdown the computer\n"
" --split split edited files at the editing marks (only\n"
" useful in conjunction with --edit)\n"
@@ -464,14 +482,16 @@
" -w SEC, --watchdog=SEC activate the watchdog timer with a timeout of SEC\n"
" seconds (default: %d); '0' disables the watchdog\n"
"\n",
+ DEFAULTCACHEDIR,
DEFAULTCONFDIR,
DEFAULTEPGDATAFILENAME,
MAXVIDEOFILESIZEDEFAULT,
DEFAULTPLUGINDIR,
LIRC_DEVICE,
- LOCDIR,
+ DEFAULTLOCDIR,
DEFAULTSVDRPPORT,
- VideoDirectory,
+ DEFAULTRESDIR,
+ DEFAULTVIDEODIR,
DEFAULTWATCHDOG
);
}
@@ -555,7 +575,7 @@
// Initialize internationalization:
- I18nInitialize(LocaleDir);
+ I18nInitialize(LocaleDirectory);
// Main program loop variables - need to be here to have them initialized before any EXIT():
@@ -577,14 +597,22 @@
if (!PluginManager.LoadPlugins(true))
EXIT(2);
- // Configuration data:
+ // Directories:
+ SetVideoDirectory(VideoDirectory);
if (!ConfigDirectory)
ConfigDirectory = DEFAULTCONFDIR;
-
cPlugin::SetConfigDirectory(ConfigDirectory);
+ if (!CacheDirectory)
+ CacheDirectory = DEFAULTCACHEDIR;
+ cPlugin::SetCacheDirectory(CacheDirectory);
+ if (!ResourceDirectory)
+ ResourceDirectory = DEFAULTRESDIR;
+ cPlugin::SetResourceDirectory(ResourceDirectory);
cThemes::SetThemesDirectory(AddDirectory(ConfigDirectory, "themes"));
+ // Configuration data:
+
Setup.Load(AddDirectory(ConfigDirectory, "setup.conf"));
Sources.Load(AddDirectory(ConfigDirectory, "sources.conf"), true, true);
Diseqcs.Load(AddDirectory(ConfigDirectory, "diseqc.conf"), true, Setup.DiSEqC);
@@ -618,7 +646,7 @@
EpgDataFileName = DEFAULTEPGDATAFILENAME;
}
else if (*EpgDataFileName != '/' && *EpgDataFileName != '.')
- EpgDirectory = VideoDirectory;
+ EpgDirectory = CacheDirectory;
if (EpgDirectory)
cSchedules::SetEpgDataFileName(AddDirectory(EpgDirectory, EpgDataFileName));
else
diff -u -b -r2.2 ./videodir.c
--- ./videodir.c 2012/06/10 13:45:21 2.2
+++ ./videodir.c 2012/09/01 10:57:44
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
const char *VideoDirectory = VIDEODIR;
+void SetVideoDirectory(const char *Directory)
+{
+ VideoDirectory = strdup(Directory);
+}
+
class cVideoDirectory {
private:
char *name, *stored, *adjusted;
diff -u -b -r2.1 ./videodir.h
--- ./videodir.h 2012/04/22 15:07:56 2.1
+++ ./videodir.h 2012/09/01 10:57:07
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
extern const char *VideoDirectory;
+void SetVideoDirectory(const char *Directory);
cUnbufferedFile *OpenVideoFile(const char *FileName, int Flags);
int CloseVideoFile(cUnbufferedFile *File);
bool RenameVideoFile(const char *OldName, const char *NewName);
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