[vdr] Re: [ANNOUNCE] vdr-xine-0.0.2 plugin

[Petri Hintukainen <Petri.Hintukainen@hut.fi>]

On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> Frank Scherthan wrote:
> > Reinhard Nissl wrote:
> > > Yes, they can be put somewhere else. Which directory would you suggest?
> > > I think "/dev" would not be a good idea.
> > >
> > > I'd like to change this in the evening. What do the other list members
> > > suggest as directory and as extension for the fifos?
> > Well, I think the best place would be the plugins-dir. As Klaus
> > suggested some time ago, plugin-specific files should go there...
> > So /CONFIGDIR/plugins/xine would be the PATH I aspect some xine-plugin
> > related files...
>
> I'd say so, too.
> However, config files are probably more "static", and some people
> might want them to reside under /etc/..., where a fifo file might
> not be welcome.
>
> Where are other fifo files typically put in a Linux file system?
> I would assume that others must have had to make this decision before...

/tmp ? (analogtv plugin uses /tmp for fifo between mp1e and vdr).

/tmp should always be local, so fifos are not disturbing other systems
if /video is mounted to multiple vdr+xine boxes. And is it possible
to create fifo to VFAT or SMB filesystems ?


- Petri



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