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460b9539 1.\"
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19.TH disorder 1
20.SH NAME
21disorder \- DisOrder jukebox client
22.SH SYNOPSIS
23.B disorder
24.RI [ OPTIONS ]
0d350ff0 25.RB [ \-\- ]
460b9539 26.RI [ COMMANDS ...]
460b9539 27.SH DESCRIPTION
460b9539 28.B disorder
29is used to query the \fBdisorderd\fR(8) daemon from the command line.
30It may be used to request tracks, scratch tracks, query the current
31state, etc, and by an administrator to shutdown or reconfigure the
32daemon.
33.PP
34If no commands are specified then \fBdisorder\fR connects to the
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35daemon and then immediately disconnects.
36This can be used to test whether the daemon is running.
37Otherwise, it executes the commands specified.
460b9539 38.SH OPTIONS
39.TP
0d350ff0 40.B \-\-config \fIPATH\fR, \fB\-c \fIPATH
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41Set the configuration file.
42The default is
460b9539 43.IR pkgconfdir/config .
44.TP
0d350ff0 45.B \-\-debug\fR, \fB\-d
460b9539 46Enable debugging.
47.TP
0d350ff0 48.B \-\-help\fR, \fB\-h
460b9539 49Display a usage message.
50.TP
0d350ff0 51.B \-\-version\fR, \fB\-V
460b9539 52Display version number.
53.TP
0d350ff0 54.B \-\-help\-commands\fR, \fB\-H
460b9539 55List all known commands.
56.SH COMMANDS
57.TP
90ad6c6e 58.B adduser \fIUSERNAME PASSWORD\fR [\fIRIGHTS\fR]
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59Create a new user.
60If \fIRIGHTS\fR is not specified then the \fBdefault_rights\fR
61setting from the server's configuration file applies.
0f55e905 62.TP
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63.B authorize \fIUSERNAME\fR [\fIRIGHTS\fR]
64Create user \fIUSERNAME\fR with a random password.
65User \fIUSERNAME\fR must be a UNIX login user (not just any old string).
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66If \fIRIGHTS\fR is not specified then the \fBdefault_rights\fR
67setting from the server's configuration file applies.
e86021e4 68.IP
90ad6c6e 69\fI~USERNAME/.disorder/passwd\fR is created with the password in it, so the new
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70user should be able to log in immediately.
71.IP
72If writing the \fIpasswd\fR file fails then the user will already have been
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73created in DisOrder's user database.
74Use \fBdisorder deluser\fR to remove them before trying again.
e86021e4 75.TP
90ad6c6e 76.B deluser \fIUSERNAME\fR
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77Delete a user.
78.TP
460b9539 79.B dirs \fIDIRECTORY\fR [\fB~\fIREGEXP\fR]
80List all the directories in \fIDIRECTORY\fR.
81.IP
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82An optional regexp may be specified, marked with an initial \fB~\fR.
83Only directories with a basename matching the regexp will be returned.
460b9539 84.TP
85.B disable
0f55e905 86Disable playing after the current track finishes.
460b9539 87.TP
90ad6c6e 88.B edituser \fIUSERNAME PROPERTY VALUE
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89Set some property of a user.
90.TP
460b9539 91.B enable
92(Re-)enable playing.
93.TP
94.B files \fIDIRECTORY\fR [\fB~\fIREGEXP\fR]
95List all the files in \fIDIRECTORY\fR.
96.IP
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97An optional regexp may be specified, marked with an initial \fB~\fR.
98Only files with a basename matching the regexp will be returned.
460b9539 99.TP
100.B get \fITRACK\fR \fIKEY\fR
101Display the preference \fIKEY\fR for \fITRACK\fR.
102.TP
0d350ff0 103.B get\-global \fIKEY\fR
460b9539 104Get a global preference.
105.TP
0d350ff0 106.B get\-volume
0f55e905 107Display the current volume settings.
460b9539 108.TP
109.B length \fITRACK\fR
0f55e905 110Display the length of \fITRACK\fR in seconds.
460b9539 111.TP
112.B log
0f55e905 113Write event log messages to standard output, until the server is terminated.
460b9539 114See \fBdisorder_protocol\fR (5) for details of the output syntax.
115.TP
116.B move \fITRACK\fR \fIDELTA\fR
117Move
118.I TRACK
119by
120.I DELTA
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121within the queue.
122Positive values move towards the head of the queue, negative
460b9539 123values towards the tail.
124.IP
125Note that if you specify a negative value then the
0d350ff0 126.B \-\-
460b9539 127option separate (before all commands) becomes mandatory, as otherwise the
128negative value is misinterpreted an an option.
129.TP
130.B part \fITRACK\fR \fICONTEXT\fI \fIPART\fR
131Get a track name part.
132.IP
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133\fICONTEXT\fR should be either \fBsort\fR or \fBdisplay\fR.
134\fBpart\fR is the part of the name desired, typically \fBartist\fR,
135\fBalbum\fR or \fBtitle\fR.
460b9539 136.TP
137.B pause
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138Pause the current track.
139(Note that not all players support pausing.)
460b9539 140.TP
141.B play \fITRACKS\fR...
142Add \fITRACKS\fR to the end of the queue.
143.TP
144.B playing
145Report the currently playing track.
146.TP
147.B prefs \fITRACK\fR
148Display all the preferences for \fITRACK\fR.
149.TP
150.B queue
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151List the current queue.
152The first entry in the list is the next track to play.
460b9539 153.TP
0d350ff0 154.B random\-disable
460b9539 155Disable random play.
156.TP
0d350ff0 157.B random\-enable
460b9539 158Enable random play.
159.TP
160.B recent
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161List recently played tracks.
162The first entry is the oldest track, the last entry is the most
163recently played one.
460b9539 164.TP
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165.B reconfigure
166Make the daemon reload its configuration file.
167.TP
460b9539 168.B remove \fITRACK\fR
169Remove a track from the queue.
170.TP
e86021e4 171.B rescan
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172Rescan the filesystem for new tracks.
173There is an automatic daily rescan but if you've just added some tracks
174and want them to show up immediately, use this command.
e86021e4 175.TP
460b9539 176.B resolve \fITRACK\fR
177Resolve aliases for \fITRACK\fR and print out the real track name.
178.TP
179.B resume
180Resume the current track after a pause.
181.TP
0d350ff0 182.B rtp\-address
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183Report the RTP brodcast address used by the server (if any).
184.TP
460b9539 185.B scratch
186Scratch the currently playing track.
187.TP
0d350ff0 188.B scratch\-id \fIID\fR
460b9539 189Scratch the currently playing track, provided it has the given ID.
190.TP
191.B search \fITERMS\fR
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192Search for tracks containing all of the listed terms.
193The terms are separated by spaces and form a single argument,
194so must be quoted, for example:
460b9539 195.IP
196.B "disorder search 'bowie china'"
197.IP
198You can limit the search to tracks with a particular tag, too, using the
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199\fBtag:\fR modifier.
200For example:
460b9539 201.IP
ca831831 202.B "disorder search 'love tag:depressing'"
460b9539 203.TP
204.B set \fITRACK\fR \fIKEY\fR \fIVALUE\fR
205Set the preference \fIKEY\fR for \fITRACK\fR to \fIVALUE\fR.
206.TP
0d350ff0 207.B set\-global \fIKEY\fR \fIVALUE\fR
460b9539 208Set a global preference.
209.TP
0d350ff0 210.B set\-volume \fBLEFT\fR \fBRIGHT\fR
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211Set the volume.
212.TP
0d350ff0 213.B setup\-guest \fR[\fB\-\-no\-online\-registration\fR]
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214Create the "guest" user for use by the web interface.
215This user will have no password and will only have the "read" and
216"register" rights, the latter allowing new users to automatically
217register themselves via the web interface.
0f55e905 218.IP
0d350ff0 219With the option \fB\-\-no-online\-registration\fR, the "register" right is
0f55e905 220suppressed and users must be manually created by an administrator.
f1592969 221.IP
222If online registration is desired then \fBmail_sender\fR must be set in the
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223configuration file.
224See \fBdisorder_config\fR(5).
460b9539 225.TP
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226.B shutdown
227Shut down the daemon.
228.TP
460b9539 229.B stats
230List server statistics.
231.TP
232.B tags
233List known tags.
234.TP
235.B unset \fITRACK\fR \fIKEY\fR
236Unset the preference \fIKEY\fR for \fITRACK\fR.
237.TP
0d350ff0 238.B unset\-global \fIKEY\fR
460b9539 239Unset the global preference \fIKEY\fR.
240.TP
90ad6c6e 241.B userinfo \fIUSERNAME PROPERTY
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242Get some property of a user.
243.TP
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244.B users
245List known users.
246.TP
460b9539 247.B version
248Report the daemon's version number.
249.PP
250For
251.B move
252and
253.BR remove ,
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254tracks may be specified by name or by ID.
255If you use the name and a track appears twice in the queue it is
256undefined which is affected.
460b9539 257.SH PREFERENCES
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258Currently the following preferences are supported.
259Some are expected to be set by users, others updated automatically by plugins.
460b9539 260.TP
261.B pick_at_random
262If this preference is present and set to "0" then the track will not
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263be picked for random play.
264Otherwise it may be.
460b9539 265.TP
266.B played
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267A decimal integer giving the number times the track was played.
268This includes tracks that are scratched or were picked at random.
460b9539 269.TP
270.B played_time
271The last time the track was played, as a \fBtime_t\fR converted to a
272decimal integer.
273.TP
274.B scratched
275The number of times the track has been scratched.
276.TP
277.B requested
278A decimal integer giving the number of times the track was requested.
279(Tracks that are removed before being played are not counted.)
280.TP
281.B tags
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282Tags that apply to this track, separated by commas.
283Tags can contain any printing character except comma.
284Leading and trailing spaces are not significant but internal spaces are.
460b9539 285.IP
286Using the
0d350ff0 287.B required\-tags
460b9539 288and
0d350ff0 289.B prohibited\-tags
460b9539 290global preferences, it is possible to limit the tracks that will be selected at
291random.
292.TP
293.B trackname_\fICONTEXT\fB_\fIPART\fR
294These preferences can be used to override the filename parsing rules
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295to find a track name part.
296For backwards compatibility, \fBtrackname_\fIPART\fR will be used
297if the full version is not present.
460b9539 298.TP
299.B unscratched
300The number of times the track has been played to completion without
301being scratched.
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302.TP
303.B weight
304The weight for this track. Weights are non-negative integers which determine
305the relative likelihood of a track being picked at random (i.e. if track A has
306twice the weight of track B then it is twice as likely to be picked at random).
307A track with weight 0 will not be picked at random, though \fBpick_at_random\fR
308is a more sensible way to configure this.
309.IP
310The default weight, used if no weight is set or the weight value is invalid, is
31190000. Note that many other factors than track weight affect whether a track
312will be played - tracks already in the queue will not be picked at random for
313instance.
314.IP
315The maximum allowed weight is 2147483647. If you set a larger value it will be
316clamped to this value. Negative weights will be completely ignored and the
317default value used instead.
460b9539 318.SH NOTES
319.B disorder
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320is locale-aware.
321If you do not set the locale correctly then it may not handle non-ASCII
322data properly.
460b9539 323.PP
e86021e4 324The client determines which user to attempt to authenticate as by examining the
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325current UID.
326This can be overridden in a per-user configuration file, see
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327\fBdisorder_config\fR(5).
328.PP
329See \fBdisorder_protocol\fR(5) for the rights required to run each command.
330(For instance, \fBshutdown\fR requires the \fBadmin\fR right, which most users
331would not normally have.)
460b9539 332.PP
333This program is not intended to run in a setuid environment.
334.PP
335The regexp syntax used by the \fBfiles\fR and \fBdirs\fR commands use the
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336syntax described in \fBpcrepattern\fR(3).
337Matching is case-independent.
338It is strongly recommended that you quote regexps, since they often
339contain characters treated specially by the shell.
340For example:
460b9539 341.PP
342.B "disorder dirs /Music ~'^(?!the [^t])t'"
343.SH TROUBLESHOOTING
344If you cannot play a track, or it does not appear in the database even after a
345rescan, check the following things:
346.TP
347.B .
348Are there any error messages in the system log? The server logs to
349\fBLOG_DAEMON\fR, which typically ends up in
350.I /var/log/daemon.log
351or
352.IR /var/log/messages ,
353though this depends on local configuration.
354.TP
355.B .
356Is the track in a known format? Have a look at
357.I pkgconfdir/config
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358for the formats recognized by the local installation.
359The filename matching is case-sensitive.
460b9539 360.TP
361.B .
362Do permissions on the track allow the server to read it?
363.TP
364.B .
365Do the permissions on the containing directories allow the server to read and
366execute them?
367.PP
368The user the server runs as is determined by the \fBuser\fR directive in the
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369configuration file.
370The README recommends using \fBjukebox\fR for this purpose but it could
371be different locally.
460b9539 372.SH ENVIRONMENT
373.TP
374.B LOGNAME
375The default username.
376.TP
377.B HOME
378The user's home directory.
379.TP
380.B LC_ALL\fR, \fBLANG\fR, etc
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381Current locale.
382See \fBlocale\fR(7).
460b9539 383.SH FILES
384.TP
385.I pkgconfdir/config
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386Global configuration file.
387See \fBdisorder_config\fR(5).
460b9539 388.TP
389.I ~/.disorder/passwd
390Per-user password file
391.TP
392.I pkgstatedir/socket
393Communication socket for \fBdisorder\fR(1).
394.SH "SEE ALSO"
395\fBdisorderd\fR(8), \fBdisorder_config\fR(5), \fBsyslog\fR(3), \fBtime\fR(2),
396\fBpcrepattern\fR(3), \fBdisobedience\fR(1)
397.PP
398"\fBpydoc disorder\fR" for the Python API documentation.
399.\" Local Variables:
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