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CDCTRL.1

Section: Misc. Reference Manual Pages (6-January-1988)
Updated: LOCAL
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NAME

cdctrl - command line CDROM control

SYNOPSIS

cdctrl  [device]cdctrl  -c [device]cdctrl  -c cdctrl  [-V|-?|-h]

DESCRIPTION

cdctrlcommand is a program that opens a CDROM device and may be used for interactive control of the CDROM including play starting at a track, next track, previous track, stop, pause, display info, display CDROM status, and display CDROM directory. This program may be used asa daemon to control an audio CDROM device.

The commands to the cdctrlcommand are:

device: Open CDROM device.
-V: Print out version and build information.
-h: Display help.
-v: Display help.
-c: Output CR-LF at end of each line, not LF.

By default, cdctrlopens /dev/cdrom, but does not start playing. Outputis to standard output with each line terminated by a linefeed (LF).

Commands tocdctrlare:

1: Play first track, start playing.
s: Stop playing.
p: Pause playing.
r: Resume playing.
e: Eject CDROM.
i: Display info string.
d: Display directory.
-: Play previous track.
+: Play next track. When on last track, play first track.
[1..99]: Play track 1..99.
?: Display help screen.
q: Quit.

Each command results in one or multiple lines of output to stdout,followed by an info string, followed by END.

The format of the info string is:

CMD cmd-name cd-status track abs-time rel-time

  cmd-name  := {play, stop, ... quit} from above list
  cd-status := {invalid, play, paused}
  cd-status += {completed, error, no_status}
  track     := {1..99} CD track
  abs-time  := HH:MM:SS elapsed since CD start
  rel-time  := HH:MM:SS elapsed since track start

FILES

/dev/cdrom- default cdrom device

ENVIRONMENT

none

AUTHORS

Main code:
Thomas Insel <tinselAATTtinsel.org>
Enhancements:
Sven Oliver Moll <smol0075AATTrz.uni-hildesheim.de>
cdctrl extensions:
Wade Hampton <whamptonAATTstaffnet.com>

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