Limiting the length of the recording name in timers created via SVDRP in case VDR is run with --vfat

CONTRIBUTORS

@@ -1040,6 +1040,9 @@ Rolf Ahrenberg <rahrenbe@cc.hut.fi>
  for some fixes to PLUGINS.html
  for fixing handling CONFDIR
  for updating the Makefile of the skincurses plugin
+ for suggesting to limit the length of the recording name in timers created via
+ SVDRP in case VDR is run with --vfat, in order to avoid names that are too long
+ for Windows
 
 Ralf Klueber <ralf.klueber@vodafone.com>
  for reporting a bug in cutting a recording if there is only a single editing mark

HISTORY

@@ -5613,3 +5613,6 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed detecting directories in cFileNameList::Load().
 - Running the thread that removes deleted recordings at a low priority to (maybe)
   avoid stuttering replay in case the thread is run during replay.
+- Limiting the length of the recording name in timers created via SVDRP in case VDR
+  is run with --vfat, in order to avoid names that are too long for Windows
+  (suggested by Rolf Ahrenberg).

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 1.105 2008/01/13 15:06:25 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: svdrp.c 1.106 2008/02/10 13:37:18 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "svdrp.h"
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 #include "tools.h"
 #include "videodir.h"
 
+#define VFAT_MAX_FILENAME 40 // same as MAX_SUBTITLE_LENGTH in recording.c
+
 // --- cSocket ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 cSocket::cSocket(int Port, int Queue)
@@ -1179,6 +1181,16 @@ void cSVDRP::CmdMODT(const char *Option)
                  Reply(501, "Error in timer settings");
                  return;
                  }
+              else if (VfatFileSystem) {
+                 const char *FileName = timer->File();
+                 const char *p = strrchr(FileName, '~');
+                 if (!p)
+                    p = FileName;
+                 if (strlen(p) > VFAT_MAX_FILENAME) {
+                    Reply(501, "File name too long for VFAT file system");
+                    return;
+                    }
+                 }
               *timer = t;
               Timers.SetModified();
               isyslog("timer %s modified (%s)", *timer->ToDescr(), timer->HasFlags(tfActive) ? "active" : "inactive");
@@ -1285,6 +1297,17 @@ void cSVDRP::CmdNEWT(const char *Option)
   if (*Option) {
      cTimer *timer = new cTimer;
      if (timer->Parse(Option)) {
+        if (VfatFileSystem) {
+           const char *FileName = timer->File();
+           const char *p = strrchr(FileName, '~');
+           if (!p)
+              p = FileName;
+           if (strlen(p) > VFAT_MAX_FILENAME) {
+              Reply(501, "File name too long for VFAT file system");
+              delete timer;
+              return;
+              }
+           }
         cTimer *t = Timers.GetTimer(timer);
         if (!t) {
            Timers.Add(timer);