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17.TH disorder 1
18.SH NAME
19disorder \- DisOrder jukebox client
20.SH SYNOPSIS
21.B disorder
22.RI [ OPTIONS ]
23.RB [ \-\- ]
24.RI [ COMMANDS ...]
25.SH DESCRIPTION
26.B disorder
27is used to query the \fBdisorderd\fR(8) daemon from the command line.
28It may be used to request tracks, scratch tracks, query the current
29state, etc, and by an administrator to shutdown or reconfigure the
30daemon.
31.PP
32If no commands are specified then \fBdisorder\fR connects to the
33daemon and then immediately disconnects.
34This can be used to test whether the daemon is running.
35Otherwise, it executes the commands specified.
36.PP
37This man page documents the command-line client.
38See \fBdisorderd\fR (8) for information about the server process
39and \fBdisorder_config\fR (5) for documentation of the configuration file.
40.SH OPTIONS
41.TP
42.B \-\-config \fIPATH\fR, \fB\-c \fIPATH
43Set the configuration file.
44The default is
45.IR pkgconfdir/config .
46.TP
47.B \-\-debug\fR, \fB\-d
48Enable debugging.
49.TP
50.B \-\-help\fR, \fB\-h
51Display a usage message.
52.TP
53.B \-\-version\fR, \fB\-V
54Display version number.
55.TP
56.B \-\-help\-commands\fR, \fB\-H
57List all known commands.
58.SH COMMANDS
59.TP
60.B adduser \fIUSERNAME PASSWORD\fR [\fIRIGHTS\fR]
61Create a new user.
62If \fIRIGHTS\fR is not specified then the \fBdefault_rights\fR
63setting from the server's configuration file applies.
64.TP
65.B adopt \fIID\fR
66Adopts track \fIID\fR (in the queue).
67The track will show up as submitted by the calling user.
68.TP
69.B authorize \fIUSERNAME\fR [\fIRIGHTS\fR]
70Create user \fIUSERNAME\fR with a random password.
71User \fIUSERNAME\fR must be a UNIX login user (not just any old string).
72If \fIRIGHTS\fR is not specified then the \fBdefault_rights\fR
73setting from the server's configuration file applies.
74.IP
75\fI~USERNAME/.disorder/passwd\fR is created with the password in it, so the new
76user should be able to log in immediately.
77.IP
78If writing the \fIpasswd\fR file fails then the user will already have been
79created in DisOrder's user database.
80Use \fBdisorder deluser\fR to remove them before trying again.
81.TP
82.B deluser \fIUSERNAME\fR
83Delete a user.
84.TP
85.B dirs \fIDIRECTORY\fR [\fB~\fIREGEXP\fR]
86List all the directories in \fIDIRECTORY\fR.
87.IP
88An optional regexp may be specified, marked with an initial \fB~\fR.
89Only directories with a basename matching the regexp will be returned.
90.TP
91.B disable
92Disable playing after the current track finishes.
93.TP
94.B edituser \fIUSERNAME PROPERTY VALUE
95Set some property of a user.
96.TP
97.B enable
98(Re-)enable playing.
99.TP
100.B files \fIDIRECTORY\fR [\fB~\fIREGEXP\fR]
101List all the files in \fIDIRECTORY\fR.
102.IP
103An optional regexp may be specified, marked with an initial \fB~\fR.
104Only files with a basename matching the regexp will be returned.
105.TP
106.B get \fITRACK\fR \fIKEY\fR
107Display the preference \fIKEY\fR for \fITRACK\fR.
108See \fBdisorder_preferences\fR (5).
109.TP
110.B get\-global \fIKEY\fR
111Get a global preference.
112See \fBdisorder_preferences\fR (5).
113.TP
114.B get\-volume
115Display the current volume settings.
116.TP
117.B length \fITRACK\fR
118Display the length of \fITRACK\fR in seconds.
119.TP
120.B log
121Write event log messages to standard output, until the server is terminated.
122See \fBdisorder_protocol\fR (5) for details of the output syntax.
123.TP
124.B move \fITRACK\fR \fIDELTA\fR
125Move
126.I TRACK
127by
128.I DELTA
129within the queue.
130Positive values move towards the head of the queue, negative
131values towards the tail.
132.IP
133Note that if you specify a negative value then the
134.B \-\-
135option separate (before all commands) becomes mandatory, as otherwise the
136negative value is misinterpreted an an option.
137.TP
138.B part \fITRACK\fR \fICONTEXT\fI \fIPART\fR
139Get a track name part.
140.IP
141\fICONTEXT\fR should be either \fBsort\fR or \fBdisplay\fR.
142\fBpart\fR is the part of the name desired, typically \fBartist\fR,
143\fBalbum\fR or \fBtitle\fR.
144.TP
145.B pause
146Pause the current track.
147(Note that not all players support pausing.)
148.TP
149.B play \fITRACKS\fR...
150Add \fITRACKS\fR to the end of the queue.
151.TP
152.B playing
153Report the currently playing track.
154.TP
155.B prefs \fITRACK\fR
156Display all the preferences for \fITRACK\fR.
157See \fBdisorder_preferences\fR (5).
158.TP
159.B queue
160List the current queue.
161The first entry in the list is the next track to play.
162.TP
163.B random\-disable
164Disable random play.
165.TP
166.B random\-enable
167Enable random play.
168.TP
169.B recent
170List recently played tracks.
171The first entry is the oldest track, the last entry is the most
172recently played one.
173.TP
174.B reconfigure
175Make the daemon reload its configuration file.
176.TP
177.B remove \fITRACK\fR
178Remove a track from the queue.
179.TP
180.B rescan
181Rescan the filesystem for new tracks.
182There is an automatic daily rescan but if you've just added some tracks
183and want them to show up immediately, use this command.
184.TP
185.B resolve \fITRACK\fR
186Resolve aliases for \fITRACK\fR and print out the real track name.
187.TP
188.B resume
189Resume the current track after a pause.
190.TP
191.B rtp\-address
192Report the RTP brodcast address used by the server (if any).
193.TP
194.B schedule-del \fIEVENT\fR
195Delete a scheduled event.
196.TP
197.B schedule-list
198List scheduled events.
199Each line contains the ID, a timestamp, 'N' or 'J' for normal or junk priority,
200the user, the action and action-specific data.
201.TP
202.B schedule-play \fIWHEN PRIORITY TRACK\fI
203Play \fITRACK\fR at time \fIWHEN\fR.
204Various time/date formats are supported depending on locale but the following
205three will always work:
206.RS
207.RS
208.TP
209.B "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS"
210.TP
211.B "HH:MM:SS"
212.TP
213.B "HH:MM"
214.RE
215.RE
216.IP
217\fIPRIORITY\fR should be \fBjunk\fR or \fBnormal\fR.
218This determines how the event is handled if it becomes due when the server is
219down.
220Junk events are just discarded in this case, while normal events will be
221executed when the server comes back up, even if this is much later.
222.TP
223.B schedule-set-global \fIWHEN PRIORITY NAME VALUE\fI
224Set global preference \fINAME\fR to \fIVALUE\fR at time \fIWHEN\fR.
225.TP
226.B schedule-unset-global \fIWHEN PRIORITY NAME\fI
227Unset global preference \fINAME\fR at time \fIWHEN\fR.
228.TP
229.B scratch
230Scratch the currently playing track.
231.TP
232.B scratch\-id \fIID\fR
233Scratch the currently playing track, provided it has the given ID.
234.TP
235.B search \fITERMS\fR
236Search for tracks containing all of the listed terms.
237The terms are separated by spaces and form a single argument,
238so must be quoted, for example:
239.IP
240.B "disorder search 'bowie china'"
241.IP
242You can limit the search to tracks with a particular tag, too, using the
243\fBtag:\fR modifier.
244For example:
245.IP
246.B "disorder search 'love tag:depressing'"
247.TP
248.B set \fITRACK\fR \fIKEY\fR \fIVALUE\fR
249Set the preference \fIKEY\fR for \fITRACK\fR to \fIVALUE\fR.
250See \fBdisorder_preferences\fR (5).
251.TP
252.B set\-global \fIKEY\fR \fIVALUE\fR
253Set a global preference.
254See \fBdisorder_preferences\fR (5).
255.TP
256.B set\-volume \fBLEFT\fR \fBRIGHT\fR
257Set the volume.
258.TP
259.B setup\-guest \fR[\fB\-\-no\-online\-registration\fR]
260Create the "guest" user for use by the web interface.
261This user will have no password and will only have the "read" and
262"register" rights, the latter allowing new users to automatically
263register themselves via the web interface.
264.IP
265With the option \fB\-\-no-online\-registration\fR, the "register" right is
266suppressed and users must be manually created by an administrator.
267.IP
268If online registration is desired then \fBmail_sender\fR must be set in the
269configuration file.
270See \fBdisorder_config\fR(5).
271.TP
272.B shutdown
273Shut down the daemon.
274.TP
275.B stats
276List server statistics.
277.TP
278.B tags
279List known tags.
280.TP
281.B unset \fITRACK\fR \fIKEY\fR
282Unset the preference \fIKEY\fR for \fITRACK\fR.
283See \fBdisorder_preferences\fR (5).
284.TP
285.B unset\-global \fIKEY\fR
286Unset the global preference \fIKEY\fR.
287See \fBdisorder_preferences\fR (5).
288.TP
289.B userinfo \fIUSERNAME PROPERTY
290Get some property of a user.
291.TP
292.B users
293List known users.
294.TP
295.B version
296Report the daemon's version number.
297.PP
298For
299.B move
300and
301.BR remove ,
302tracks may be specified by name or by ID.
303If you use the name and a track appears twice in the queue it is
304undefined which is affected.
305.SH NOTES
306.B disorder
307is locale-aware.
308If you do not set the locale correctly then it may not handle non-ASCII
309data properly.
310.PP
311The client determines which user to attempt to authenticate as by examining the
312current UID.
313This can be overridden in a per-user configuration file, see
314\fBdisorder_config\fR(5).
315.PP
316See \fBdisorder_protocol\fR(5) for the rights required to run each command.
317(For instance, \fBshutdown\fR requires the \fBadmin\fR right, which most users
318would not normally have.)
319.PP
320This program is not intended to run in a setuid environment.
321.PP
322The regexp syntax used by the \fBfiles\fR and \fBdirs\fR commands use the
323syntax described in \fBpcrepattern\fR(3).
324Matching is case-independent.
325It is strongly recommended that you quote regexps, since they often
326contain characters treated specially by the shell.
327For example:
328.PP
329.B "disorder dirs /Music ~'^(?!the [^t])t'"
330.SH TROUBLESHOOTING
331If you cannot play a track, or it does not appear in the database even after a
332rescan, check the following things:
333.TP
334.B .
335Are there any error messages in the system log? The server logs to
336\fBLOG_DAEMON\fR, which typically ends up in
337.I /var/log/daemon.log
338or
339.IR /var/log/messages ,
340though this depends on local configuration.
341.TP
342.B .
343Is the track in a known format? Have a look at
344.I pkgconfdir/config
345for the formats recognized by the local installation.
346The filename matching is case-sensitive.
347.TP
348.B .
349Do permissions on the track allow the server to read it?
350.TP
351.B .
352Do the permissions on the containing directories allow the server to read and
353execute them?
354.PP
355The user the server runs as is determined by the \fBuser\fR directive in the
356configuration file.
357The README recommends using \fBjukebox\fR for this purpose but it could
358be different locally.
359.SH ENVIRONMENT
360.TP
361.B HOME
362The user's home directory.
363.TP
364.B LC_ALL\fR, \fBLANG\fR, etc
365Current locale.
366See \fBlocale\fR(7).
367.SH FILES
368.TP
369.I pkgconfdir/config
370Global configuration file.
371See \fBdisorder_config\fR(5).
372.TP
373.I ~/.disorder/passwd
374Per-user password file
375.TP
376.I pkgstatedir/socket
377Communication socket for \fBdisorder\fR(1).
378.SH "SEE ALSO"
379\fBdisorderd\fR(8), \fBdisorder_config\fR(5), \fBsyslog\fR(3), \fBtime\fR(2),
380\fBpcrepattern\fR(3), \fBdisobedience\fR(1), \fBdisorder.cgi\fR(8),
381\fBdisorder_preferences\fR(5)
382.PP
383"\fBpydoc disorder\fR" for the Python API documentation.
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