cdctrl − command line CDROM control
cdctrl [device]
cdctrl -c [device]
cdctrl -c
cdctrl [-V|-?|-h]
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. |
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-V |
Print out version and build information. |
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-h |
Display help. |
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-v |
Display help. |
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-D |
Enable runtime debugging. |
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-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. |
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s |
Stop playing. |
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p |
Pause playing. |
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r |
Resume playing. |
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e |
Eject CDROM. |
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c |
Close CDROM tray. |
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i |
Display info string. |
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d |
Display directory. |
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- |
Play previous track. |
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+ |
Play next track. When on last track, play first track. |
[1..99]
Play track 1..99.
? |
Display help screen. |
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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
/dev/cdrom - default cdrom device
CDTOOLDEV - cdrom device, overrides compile time defaults
Main code:
Thomas Insel <tinsel AT tinsel DOT org>
Enhancements:
Sven Oliver Moll <smol0075 AT rz DOT uni-hildesheim DOT de>
cdctrl extensions:
Wade Hampton <whampton AT staffnet DOT com>