[MPlayer-users] re:mplayer fails when invoked from at command

[Bertie Coopersmith]

On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:19:04 -0800
RC <rcooley at spamcop.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 20:27:34 +0000
> Bertie Coopersmith <bertie at coopersmith.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > (1) where in the source does the message "Terminal type `unknown' is
> > not defined." come from? 
> 
> mplayer/osdep/getch2.c:  if(success==0){ printf("Terminal type `%s' is
> not defined.\n", termtype);return 0;}

Thanks for this. I'll look at it.
> 
> > Note that the same mplayer command when run in foreground does not
> > output that message.
> 
> Of course not, $TERM is set when you log-in.
> 
Even so, TERM is part of the environment under 'at'. In my case its value is "xterm"

Bertie