[linux-dvb] Re: Prevent recordings from deletion

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

apieper@gmx.net wrote:
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [linux-dvb] Re: Prevent recordings from deletion (13-Jun-2001 15:50)
> From:    Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de
> To:      linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
> 
> > apieper@gmx.net wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > i want to store some recordings that
> > > should never be deleted by vdr.
> > >
> > > My idea is to set the recording-date
> > > to the future, e.g.:
> > >
> > > 2100-03-25.18.10.99.99.rec
> > >
> > > Will this work ?
> >
> > The latest version of VDR (0.81, see my recent patch) never automatically
> > deletes recordings that have a Lifetime parameter of '99'. I guess that's
> > what you want.
> 
> I'm using DVB 0.82 + VDR 0.72.
> 
> I dont plan to upgrade next time.
> 
> Will my solution (setting recordings-date
> to the future) work here ?

Yes, that should work. However, you can't set the date beyond
the year 2037 or so, because that's where the time_t data type will overflow!
But I guess that's far enough in the future...

Klaus
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