[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] ffserver: add comment about how Launch path program is created

[Clément Bœsch]

On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 06:34:06PM +0100, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> ---
>  ffserver.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/ffserver.c b/ffserver.c
> index 5c6db9a..d34c8a8 100644
> --- a/ffserver.c
> +++ b/ffserver.c
> @@ -509,8 +509,9 @@ static void start_children(FFStream *feed)
>                  char *slash;
>                  int i;
>  
> +                /* replace "ffserver" with "ffmpeg" in the path of current program,
> +                 * ignore user provided path */
>                  av_strlcpy(pathname, my_program_name, sizeof(pathname));
> -
>                  slash = strrchr(pathname, '/');
>                  if (!slash)
>                      slash = pathname;

While it's relatively easy to figure out what that code does, the "why" is
not so obvious. You might want to explain this in a sentence or two.

-- 
Clément B.
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