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CDCTRL.1

NAME

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

The commands to the cdctrl command 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, 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.

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

ENVIRONMENT

SEE ALSO

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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