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19.TH disorder 1
20.SH NAME
21disorder \- DisOrder jukebox client
22.SH SYNOPSIS
23.B disorder
24.RI [ OPTIONS ]
25.RB [ \-\- ]
26.RI [ COMMANDS ...]
27.SH DESCRIPTION
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
35daemon and then immediately disconnects.
36This can be used to test whether the daemon is running.
37Otherwise, it executes the commands specified.
38.SH OPTIONS
39.TP
40.B \-\-config \fIPATH\fR, \fB\-c \fIPATH
41Set the configuration file.
42The default is
43.IR pkgconfdir/config .
44.TP
45.B \-\-debug\fR, \fB\-d
46Enable debugging.
47.TP
48.B \-\-help\fR, \fB\-h
49Display a usage message.
50.TP
51.B \-\-version\fR, \fB\-V
52Display version number.
53.TP
54.B \-\-help\-commands\fR, \fB\-H
55List all known commands.
56.SH COMMANDS
57.TP
58.B adduser \fIUSERNAME PASSWORD\fR [\fIRIGHTS\fR]
59Create a new user.
60If \fIRIGHTS\fR is not specified then the \fBdefault_rights\fR
61setting from the server's configuration file applies.
62.TP
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).
66If \fIRIGHTS\fR is not specified then the \fBdefault_rights\fR
67setting from the server's configuration file applies.
68.IP
69\fI~USERNAME/.disorder/passwd\fR is created with the password in it, so the new
70user should be able to log in immediately.
71.IP
72If writing the \fIpasswd\fR file fails then the user will already have been
73created in DisOrder's user database.
74Use \fBdisorder deluser\fR to remove them before trying again.
75.TP
76.B deluser \fIUSERNAME\fR
77Delete a user.
78.TP
79.B dirs \fIDIRECTORY\fR [\fB~\fIREGEXP\fR]
80List all the directories in \fIDIRECTORY\fR.
81.IP
82An optional regexp may be specified, marked with an initial \fB~\fR.
83Only directories with a basename matching the regexp will be returned.
84.TP
85.B disable
86Disable playing after the current track finishes.
87.TP
88.B edituser \fIUSERNAME PROPERTY VALUE
89Set some property of a user.
90.TP
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
97An optional regexp may be specified, marked with an initial \fB~\fR.
98Only files with a basename matching the regexp will be returned.
99.TP
100.B get \fITRACK\fR \fIKEY\fR
101Display the preference \fIKEY\fR for \fITRACK\fR.
102.TP
103.B get\-global \fIKEY\fR
104Get a global preference.
105.TP
106.B get\-volume
107Display the current volume settings.
108.TP
109.B length \fITRACK\fR
110Display the length of \fITRACK\fR in seconds.
111.TP
112.B log
113Write event log messages to standard output, until the server is terminated.
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
121within the queue.
122Positive values move towards the head of the queue, negative
123values towards the tail.
124.IP
125Note that if you specify a negative value then the
126.B \-\-
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
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.
136.TP
137.B pause
138Pause the current track.
139(Note that not all players support pausing.)
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
151List the current queue.
152The first entry in the list is the next track to play.
153.TP
154.B random\-disable
155Disable random play.
156.TP
157.B random\-enable
158Enable random play.
159.TP
160.B recent
161List recently played tracks.
162The first entry is the oldest track, the last entry is the most
163recently played one.
164.TP
165.B reconfigure
166Make the daemon reload its configuration file.
167.TP
168.B remove \fITRACK\fR
169Remove a track from the queue.
170.TP
171.B rescan
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.
175.TP
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
182.B rtp\-address
183Report the RTP brodcast address used by the server (if any).
184.TP
185.B scratch
186Scratch the currently playing track.
187.TP
188.B scratch\-id \fIID\fR
189Scratch the currently playing track, provided it has the given ID.
190.TP
191.B search \fITERMS\fR
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:
195.IP
196.B "disorder search 'bowie china'"
197.IP
198You can limit the search to tracks with a particular tag, too, using the
199\fBtag:\fR modifier.
200For example:
201.IP
202.B "disorder search 'love tag:depressing'"
203.TP
204.B set \fITRACK\fR \fIKEY\fR \fIVALUE\fR
205Set the preference \fIKEY\fR for \fITRACK\fR to \fIVALUE\fR.
206.TP
207.B set\-global \fIKEY\fR \fIVALUE\fR
208Set a global preference.
209.TP
210.B set\-volume \fBLEFT\fR \fBRIGHT\fR
211Set the volume.
212.TP
213.B setup\-guest \fR[\fB\-\-no\-online\-registration\fR]
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.
218.IP
219With the option \fB\-\-no-online\-registration\fR, the "register" right is
220suppressed and users must be manually created by an administrator.
221.IP
222If online registration is desired then \fBmail_sender\fR must be set in the
223configuration file.
224See \fBdisorder_config\fR(5).
225.TP
226.B shutdown
227Shut down the daemon.
228.TP
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
238.B unset\-global \fIKEY\fR
239Unset the global preference \fIKEY\fR.
240.TP
241.B userinfo \fIUSERNAME PROPERTY
242Get some property of a user.
243.TP
244.B users
245List known users.
246.TP
247.B version
248Report the daemon's version number.
249.PP
250For
251.B move
252and
253.BR remove ,
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.
257.SH PREFERENCES
258Currently the following preferences are supported.
259Some are expected to be set by users, others updated automatically by plugins.
260.TP
261.B pick_at_random
262If this preference is present and set to "0" then the track will not
263be picked for random play.
264Otherwise it may be.
265.TP
266.B played
267A decimal integer giving the number times the track was played.
268This includes tracks that are scratched or were picked at random.
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
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.
285.IP
286Using the
287.B required\-tags
288and
289.B prohibited\-tags
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
295to find a track name part.
296For backwards compatibility, \fBtrackname_\fIPART\fR will be used
297if the full version is not present.
298.TP
299.B unscratched
300The number of times the track has been played to completion without
301being scratched.
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.
318.SH NOTES
319.B disorder
320is locale-aware.
321If you do not set the locale correctly then it may not handle non-ASCII
322data properly.
323.PP
324The client determines which user to attempt to authenticate as by examining the
325current UID.
326This can be overridden in a per-user configuration file, see
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.)
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
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:
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
358for the formats recognized by the local installation.
359The filename matching is case-sensitive.
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
369configuration file.
370The README recommends using \fBjukebox\fR for this purpose but it could
371be different locally.
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
381Current locale.
382See \fBlocale\fR(7).
383.SH FILES
384.TP
385.I pkgconfdir/config
386Global configuration file.
387See \fBdisorder_config\fR(5).
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.
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