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