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cdctrl(1)


NAME

   cdctrl - command line CDROM control

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

   cdctrl  command  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 as
   a daemon to control an audio CDROM device.

   The commands to the cdctrl command are:

          device Open CDROM device.

          -V     Print out version and build information.

          -h     Display help.

          -v     Display help.

          -D     Enable runtime debugging.

          -c     Output CR-LF at end of each line, not LF.

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

   Commands to cdctrl are:

          1      Play first track, start playing.

          s      Stop playing.

          p      Pause playing.

          r      Resume playing.

          e      Eject CDROM.

          c      Close CDROM tray.

          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

   CDTOOLDEV - cdrom device, overrides compile time defaults

SEE ALSO

   cdplay(1)

AUTHORS

   Main code:
          Thomas Insel <tinsel@tinsel.org>
   Enhancements:
          Sven Oliver Moll <smol0075@rz.uni-hildesheim.de>
   cdctrl extensions:
          Wade Hampton <whampton@staffnet.com>



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