NAME
xine-remote - a small tool to connect xine remote control server.
SYNOPSIS
xine-remote [options]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the xine-remote tool.
xine-remote can replace a raw telnet connection to a xine remote
control server. It use the readline facilities (completion, vi/emacs
shortcuts, command history, etc...). By default, it try to connect the
localhost, using the default port (see xine(1)).
OPTIONS
The program follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
ioptions starting with two dashes (`-ยด). A summary of options are
included below.
-H, --host <hostname>
Try to connect <hostname>.
-P, --port <port>
Try to connect the host using <port>.
-c, --command <command>
Send <command> to server then quit. The command should be
single quoted if it contain spaces or special characters.
-n, --noconnect
Do not initiate the connection on startup.
-v, --version
Display version.
-h, --help
Display options summary.
COMMANDS
Few commands are available, which are used to open or close a
connection:
? Display available commands (the xine-remote ones + server ones
when connection is established).
help <command>
Display the purpose of <command>, if that is omitted, display
available commands.
syntax <command>
Display the usage of <command>.
version
Display version.
open <server[:port]>
Open connection to server. A port can be optionally specified,
using colon (:) separator.
close Close connection.
quit Leaving xine-remote.
SEE ALSO
xine(1).
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Daniel Caujolle-Bert
<f1rmb@users.sourceforge.net> for the xine project.