diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index c853bd1c..6ae3a383 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -2667,6 +2667,7 @@ Stephan Austerm
 Lars Hanisch <dvb@flensrocker.de>
  for suggesting to assign the source character 'V' to "Analog Video"
  for a patch that was used to implement SCR (Satellite Channel Routing)
+ for implementing the SVDRP command 'UPDR'
 
 Alex Lasnier <alex@fepg.org>
  for adding tuning support for ATSC devices
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 655d57e3..a0f71954 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -6771,3 +6771,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   set up their sat devices with the above options.
 - Fixed a crash when deleting a recording while cutting it (thanks to Ville Skyttä).
 - Fixed several spelling errors (thanks to Ville Skyttä).
+- The new SVDRP command UPDR can be used to trigger an update of the list of
+  recordings (thanks to Lars Hanisch).
diff --git a/recording.c b/recording.c
index bea7eb6b..6b11fbd3 100644
--- a/recording.c
+++ b/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 2.38 2011/09/04 09:32:25 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: recording.c 2.39 2011/12/04 13:51:44 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "recording.h"
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ void cRecordings::TouchUpdate(void)
   bool needsUpdate = NeedsUpdate();
   TouchFile(UpdateFileName());
   if (!needsUpdate)
-     lastUpdate = time(NULL); // make sure we don't tigger ourselves
+     lastUpdate = time(NULL); // make sure we don't trigger ourselves
 }
 
 bool cRecordings::NeedsUpdate(void)
diff --git a/svdrp.c b/svdrp.c
index bdd8cc84..b333202b 100644
--- a/svdrp.c
+++ b/svdrp.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * and interact with the Video Disk Recorder - or write a full featured
  * graphical interface that sits on top of an SVDRP connection.
  *
- * $Id: svdrp.c 2.11 2011/09/11 14:47:22 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: svdrp.c 2.12 2011/12/04 13:58:33 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "svdrp.h"
@@ -315,6 +315,9 @@ const char *HelpPages[] = {
   "    Updates a timer. Settings must be in the same format as returned\n"
   "    by the LSTT command. If a timer with the same channel, day, start\n"
   "    and stop time does not yet exists, it will be created.",
+  "UPDR\n"
+  "    Initiates a re-read of the recordings directory, which is the SVDRP\n"
+  "    equivalent to 'touch .update'.",
   "VOLU [ <number> | + | - | mute ]\n"
   "    Set the audio volume to the given number (which is limited to the range\n"
   "    0...255). If the special options '+' or '-' are given, the volume will\n"
@@ -1559,6 +1562,12 @@ void cSVDRP::CmdUPDT(const char *Option)
      Reply(501, "Missing timer settings");
 }
 
+void cSVDRP::CmdUPDR(const char *Option)
+{
+  Recordings.Update(false);
+  Reply(250, "Re-read of recordings directory triggered");
+}
+
 void cSVDRP::CmdVOLU(const char *Option)
 {
   if (*Option) {
@@ -1629,6 +1638,7 @@ void cSVDRP::Execute(char *Cmd)
   else if (CMD("REMO"))  CmdREMO(s);
   else if (CMD("SCAN"))  CmdSCAN(s);
   else if (CMD("STAT"))  CmdSTAT(s);
+  else if (CMD("UPDR"))  CmdUPDR(s);
   else if (CMD("UPDT"))  CmdUPDT(s);
   else if (CMD("VOLU"))  CmdVOLU(s);
   else if (CMD("QUIT"))  Close(true);
diff --git a/svdrp.h b/svdrp.h
index deee42ca..a4cdee68 100644
--- a/svdrp.h
+++ b/svdrp.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: svdrp.h 1.29 2007/04/30 12:28:28 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: svdrp.h 2.1 2011/12/04 13:51:44 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __SVDRP_H
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ private:
   void CmdSCAN(const char *Option);
   void CmdSTAT(const char *Option);
   void CmdUPDT(const char *Option);
+  void CmdUPDR(const char *Option);
   void CmdVOLU(const char *Option);
   void Execute(char *Cmd);
 public: