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>