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@@ -121,8 +121,12 @@ Users who want to set the default character set to something different can
do this by setting the environment variable VDR_CHARSET_OVERRIDE to something
like ISO-8859-9.
-Automatic restart in case of hangups:
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+Start script with automatic restart in case of hangups:
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+The VDR source directory contains a 'runvdr.template'. Just copy it as 'runvdr'
+into your /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin directory and adjust it to your particular
+requirements. (See the comments inside the script for more information.)
If you run VDR using the 'runvdr' shell script it will use the built-in
watchdog timer to restart the program in case something happens that
@@ -131,9 +135,6 @@ call to the VDR program, be sure to NOT use the '-d' option! Otherwise
VDR will go into 'daemon' mode and the initial program call will return
immediately! 'runvdr' needs to be started as user 'root'. Use the '-u'
option to run the actual 'vdr' program under a different user id.
-Note that the 'runvdr' script needs to be adjusted to your particular
-requirements before you can actually use it. See the comments inside
-the script for more information.
Setting the system time:
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