Using '~' in recording filename

FORMATS

@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ Video Disk Recorder File Formats
     be automatically deleted by a new recording with higher priority, 99 means
     that this recording will never be automatically deleted
   - Name of timer (will be used to name the recording); if the name contains
-    any ':' characters, these have to be replaced with '|'
+    any ':' characters, these have to be replaced with '|'. If the name shall
+    contain subdirectories, these have to be delimited by '~' (since the '/'
+    character may be part of a regular programme name).
   - Summary (any newline characters in the summary have to be replaced with '|';
     the summary may contain ':' characters)
 

HISTORY

@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   they will be recording. This can be disabled in the "Setup" menu. Note
   that the "Mark" button doesn't work if timers are displayed sorted.
 
-2001-09-01: Version 0.9.4
+2001-09-02: Version 0.9.4
 
 - Changed version number notation.
 - Implemented automatic shutdown (see INSTALL and MANUAL for details).
@@ -696,3 +696,8 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   one timer ends at the same time another timer starts.
 - New setup parameter OSDMessageTime to define how long an OSD message shall
   be displayed.
+- The "File" parameter of a timer can now contain the '~' character to store
+  the recording in a hierarchical directory structure. The '~' character has
+  been chosen since the file system's directory delimiter '/' may be part of
+  a regular programme name (showing the directory hierarchy in the "Recordings"
+  menu will follow later).

MANUAL

@@ -285,6 +285,12 @@ Video Disk Recorder User's Manual
              time, so it is possible to have a "repeating timer" store all its
              recordings under the same name; they will be distinguishable by
              their date and time).
+             If the file name contains the special character '~', the recording
+             will be stored in a hierarchical directory structure. For instance,
+             a file name of "Sci-Fi~Star Trek~Voyager" will result in a directory
+             structure "/video/Sci-Fi/Star_Trek/Voyager". The '~' character has
+             been chosen for this since the file system's directory delimiter '/'
+             may be part of a regular programme name.
              If this field is left blank, the channel name will be used to form
              the name of the recording.
 

menu.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: menu.c 1.112 2001/09/01 15:18:23 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: menu.c 1.113 2001/09/02 10:00:40 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "menu.h"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #define MENUTIMEOUT 120 // seconds
 #define MAXWAIT4EPGINFO 10 // seconds
 
-const char *FileNameChars = " aAbBcCdDeEfFgGhHiIjJkKlLmMnNoOpPqQrRsStTuUvVwWxXyYzZ0123456789-.#^";
+const char *FileNameChars = " aAbBcCdDeEfFgGhHiIjJkKlLmMnNoOpPqQrRsStTuUvVwWxXyYzZ0123456789-.#~^";
 
 // --- cMenuEditItem ---------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ eOSState cMenuEditStrItem::ProcessKey(eKeys Key)
                     if (value[pos] == '^')
                        value[pos] = 0;
                     pos = -1;
+                    stripspace(value);
                     break;
                     }
                  // run into default

recording.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: recording.c 1.34 2001/09/01 13:05:56 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: recording.c 1.35 2001/09/02 10:25:12 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ void cResumeFile::Delete(void)
 
 struct tCharExchange { char a; char b; };
 tCharExchange CharExchange[] = {
+  { '~',  '/'    },
   { ' ',  '_'    },
   { '\'', '\x01' },
   { '/',  '\x02' },
@@ -190,8 +191,16 @@ tCharExchange CharExchange[] = {
 
 char *ExchangeChars(char *s, bool ToFileSystem)
 {
-  for (struct tCharExchange *ce = CharExchange; ce->a && ce->b; ce++)
+  char *p = s;
-      strreplace(s, ToFileSystem ? ce->a : ce->b, ToFileSystem ? ce->b : ce->a);
+  while (*p) {
+        for (struct tCharExchange *ce = CharExchange; ce->a && ce->b; ce++) {
+            if (*p == (ToFileSystem ? ce->a : ce->b)) {
+               *p = ToFileSystem ? ce->b : ce->a;
+               break;
+               }
+            }
+        p++;
+        }
   return s;
 }