[mythtv-users] Modifying LCDProc GoodBye when shuttiong down?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Feb 7, 2008, at 12:03 AM, j2 at mupp.net wrote:

> Quoting Jonatan <mythtv at comhem.se>:
>
> > I use something like this in the script that sets the wakeup time:
> >
> > /etc/init.d/LCDd stop
> >
> > # Input date format should be yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss
> > DAY=`echo $2 | sed 's/T.*$//'`
> > TIME=`echo $2 | sed 's/.*T\(.*\):[0-9]*$/\1/'`
> > TIME_S=`echo $2 | sed 's/.*T//'`
> >
> > echo -n " Next recording $DAY $TIME" > /dev/lcd0
> >
> > echo $DAY $TIME_S > /proc/acpi/alarm
>
>
> Hello!
>
> Thanks, but if I then power off the machine, LCDProc will replace  
> that message with the string from "GOODBYE" of LDCProc.conf when  
> LCDProc shuts down.
>
> What i want is that text to remain on the display when the box is  
> powered down (Since my display gets standby power)
>
Sounds like at the end of that script, you need to open LCDProc.conf,  
use a regex to replace the value of GOODBYE and save the file. Not  
sure how to do that in a shell script. Easy in Perl. :)