Implemented FHS support; fixed handling config directory if only -v is given

13 files changed, 204 insertions, 57 deletions

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 0ed0a4fd..18f51f2e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1756,6 +1756,7 @@ Udo Richter <udo_richter@gmx.de>
  editing mark
  for adding the option --outputonly to the dvbsddevice plugin
  for adding a missing template specification to the c'tor of cSortedTimers
+ for contributing to a patch that implements FHS support
 
 Sven Kreiensen <svenk@kammer.uni-hannover.de>
  for his help in keeping 'channels.conf.terr' up to date
@@ -2775,6 +2776,7 @@ Luis Fernandes <telping@gmail.com>
 Christopher Reimer <reimer.christopher@freenet.de>
  for reporting a problem with external Dolby Digital processing via the '-a' option
  in live mode and with TS recordings
+ for contributing to a patch that implements FHS support
 
 Stefan Huskamp <coca_cola1@gmx.de>
  for suggesting to make entering characters via the number keys
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 4e937fb3..1f49b1a1 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -7191,7 +7191,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   turn on adding the source character to channel names whenever they are displayed
   (suggested by Ludi Kaleni).
 
-2012-08-26: Version 1.7.30
+2012-09-01: Version 1.7.30
 
 - Fixed sorting recordings in the top level video directory.
 - Fixed handling control characters in SI data in case of UTF-8 encoded strings
@@ -7211,3 +7211,10 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - The new function cDevice::HasInternalCam() can be implemented by devices that
   provide encrypted channels in an already decrypted form, without requiring explicit
   handling of a CAM (thanks to Tobias Grimm).
+- VDR can now be built according to the FHS ("File system Hierarchy Standard") by
+  activating the line
+  #USEFHS = 1
+  in a copy of the file Make.config.template (thanks to Christopher Reimer and
+  Udo Richter for contributing to a patch).
+- By default (without FHS support) the config directory is now set to the value
+  given in the -v option if only -v and no -c is given.
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index e155f9b4..50c941e8 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -386,6 +386,15 @@ As a starting point you can copy the 'channels.conf' file that comes with the
 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 --git a/Make.config.template b/Make.config.template
index d51e20c7..ef463b13 100644
--- a/Make.config.template
+++ b/Make.config.template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
 # how to reach the author.
 #
-# $Id: Make.config.template 2.8 2012/03/20 11:20:13 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Make.config.template 2.9 2012/09/01 10:31:33 kls Exp $
 
 ### The C compiler and options:
 
@@ -28,11 +28,22 @@ PREFIX   = $(DESTDIR)/usr/local
 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 --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4986a7fd..afdda32f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
 # how to reach the author.
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 2.27 2012/06/02 13:10:00 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 2.28 2012/09/01 13:22:33 kls Exp $
 
 .DELETE_ON_ERROR:
 
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ INCLUDES ?= $(shell pkg-config --cflags freetype2 fontconfig)
 PLUGINDIR= ./PLUGINS
 PLUGINLIBDIR= $(PLUGINDIR)/lib
 
-VIDEODIR = /video
-CONFDIR  = $(VIDEODIR)
+# By default VDR requires only one single directory to operate:
+VIDEODIR     = /video
+# 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 += -D_GNU_SOURCE
 
 DEFINES += -DVIDEODIR=\"$(VIDEODIR)\"
 DEFINES += -DCONFDIR=\"$(CONFDIR)\"
+DEFINES += -DCACHEDIR=\"$(CACHEDIR)\"
+DEFINES += -DRESDIR=\"$(RESDIR)\"
 DEFINES += -DPLUGINDIR=\"$(PLUGINLIBDIR)\"
 DEFINES += -DLOCDIR=\"$(LOCDIR)\"
 
@@ -111,6 +114,8 @@ vdr.pc: Makefile Make.global
 	@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 @@ clean-plugins:
 
 # 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 @@ install-bin: vdr
 
 # 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 --git a/PLUGINS.html b/PLUGINS.html
index a7a0a9d2..859ca705 100644
--- a/PLUGINS.html
+++ b/PLUGINS.html
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ structures and allows it to hook itself into specific areas to perform special a
 <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 @@ You can first assign the temporary values to the global variables and then do th
 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 @@ plugin's name. Again, VDR will make sure that the requested directory will exist
 (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 --git a/i18n.c b/i18n.c
index bc4aaf60..f010b6bc 100644
--- a/i18n.c
+++ b/i18n.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: i18n.c 2.4 2011/08/15 10:01:45 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: i18n.c 2.5 2012/09/01 10:53:43 kls Exp $
  */
 
 /*
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const char *LanguageCodeList[] = {
   NULL
   };
 
-static const char *I18nLocaleDir = LOCDIR;
+static cString I18nLocaleDir;
 
 static cStringList LanguageLocales;
 static cStringList LanguageNames;
@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ static void SetEnvLanguage(const char *Locale)
 
 void I18nInitialize(const char *LocaleDir)
 {
-  if (LocaleDir)
-     I18nLocaleDir = LocaleDir;
+  I18nLocaleDir = LocaleDir;
   LanguageLocales.Append(strdup(I18N_DEFAULT_LOCALE));
   LanguageNames.Append(strdup(SkipContext(LanguageName)));
   LanguageCodes.Append(strdup(LanguageCodeList[0]));
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ void I18nInitialize(const char *LocaleDir)
   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 @@ void I18nInitialize(const char *LocaleDir)
          }
      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 --git a/plugin.c b/plugin.c
index 52256ee0..db16d080 100644
--- a/plugin.c
+++ b/plugin.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: plugin.c 2.3 2012/03/11 13:56:02 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: plugin.c 2.4 2012/09/01 13:10:27 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "plugin.h"
@@ -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 @@ cString cPlugin::SVDRPCommand(const char *Command, const char *Option, int &Repl
 
 void cPlugin::SetConfigDirectory(const char *Dir)
 {
-  free(configDirectory);
-  configDirectory = strdup(Dir);
+  configDirectory = Dir;
 }
 
 const char *cPlugin::ConfigDirectory(const char *PluginName)
@@ -141,7 +142,35 @@ const char *cPlugin::ConfigDirectory(const char *PluginName)
   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 --git a/plugin.h b/plugin.h
index 684b822a..3502741a 100644
--- a/plugin.h
+++ b/plugin.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: plugin.h 2.1 2012/03/11 13:55:56 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: plugin.h 2.2 2012/09/01 13:08:54 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __PLUGIN_H
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ class cPlugin {
   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 @@ public:
 
   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 --git a/vdr.1 b/vdr.1
index b900b4e6..d22c4e91 100644
--- a/vdr.1
+++ b/vdr.1
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .\" License as specified in the file COPYING that comes with the
 .\" vdr distribution.
 .\"
-.\" $Id: vdr.1 2.8 2012/02/27 11:01:17 kls Exp $
+.\" $Id: vdr.1 2.9 2012/09/01 13:40:49 kls Exp $
 .\"
 .TH vdr 1 "10 Feb 2008" "1.6" "Video Disk Recorder"
 .SH NAME
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ which can be accessed on port 6419, for instance by \fBtelnet\fR.
 .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 @@ particular options) you can use
 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 --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index c075dbeb..f5896caa 100644
--- a/vdr.c
+++ b/vdr.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  * The project's page is at http://www.tvdr.de
  *
- * $Id: vdr.c 2.37 2012/06/13 11:28:41 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 2.38 2012/09/01 13:30:19 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -178,10 +178,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   // 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 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   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 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   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 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   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 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
       { "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 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         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 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                     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 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                     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 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
      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 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                "                           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 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                "  -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 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   // 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 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   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 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         EpgDataFileName = DEFAULTEPGDATAFILENAME;
         }
      else if (*EpgDataFileName != '/' && *EpgDataFileName != '.')
-        EpgDirectory = VideoDirectory;
+        EpgDirectory = CacheDirectory;
      if (EpgDirectory)
         cSchedules::SetEpgDataFileName(AddDirectory(EpgDirectory, EpgDataFileName));
      else
diff --git a/videodir.c b/videodir.c
index 5f94d332..c64a5c65 100644
--- a/videodir.c
+++ b/videodir.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: videodir.c 2.2 2012/06/10 13:45:21 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: videodir.c 2.3 2012/09/01 10:57:44 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "videodir.h"
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
 
 const char *VideoDirectory = VIDEODIR;
 
+void SetVideoDirectory(const char *Directory)
+{
+  VideoDirectory = strdup(Directory);
+}
+
 class cVideoDirectory {
 private:
   char *name, *stored, *adjusted;
diff --git a/videodir.h b/videodir.h
index 0a0587a6..40d7b058 100644
--- a/videodir.h
+++ b/videodir.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: videodir.h 2.1 2012/04/22 15:07:56 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: videodir.h 2.2 2012/09/01 10:57:07 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __VIDEODIR_H
@@ -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);