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21 disorder \- DisOrder jukebox client
34 Without the \fB--length\fR option,
36 is used to query the \fBdisorderd\fR(8) daemon from the command line.
37 It may be used to request tracks, scratch tracks, query the current
38 state, etc, and by an administrator to shutdown or reconfigure the
41 If no commands are specified then \fBdisorder\fR connects to the
42 daemon and then immediately disconnects. This can be used to test
43 whether the daemon is running. Otherwise, it executes the commands
47 .B --config \fIPATH\fR, \fB-c \fIPATH
48 Set the configuration file. The default is
49 .IR pkgconfdir/config .
55 Display a usage message.
58 Calculate the length in seconds of the files specified using the tracklength
61 .B --version\fR, \fB-V
62 Display version number.
64 .B --help-commands\fR, \fB-H
65 List all known commands.
68 .B dirs \fIDIRECTORY\fR [\fB~\fIREGEXP\fR]
69 List all the directories in \fIDIRECTORY\fR.
71 An optional regexp may be specified, marked with an initial \fB~\fR. Only
72 directories with a basename matching the regexp will be returned.
75 Disables playing after the current track finishes.
80 .B files \fIDIRECTORY\fR [\fB~\fIREGEXP\fR]
81 List all the files in \fIDIRECTORY\fR.
83 An optional regexp may be specified, marked with an initial \fB~\fR. Only
84 files with a basename matching the regexp will be returned.
86 .B get \fITRACK\fR \fIKEY\fR
87 Display the preference \fIKEY\fR for \fITRACK\fR.
89 .B get-global \fIKEY\fR
90 Get a global preference.
93 Displays the current volume settings.
96 Reports the length of \fITRACK\fR in seconds.
99 Writes event log messages to standard output, until the server is terminated.
100 See \fBdisorder_protocol\fR (5) for details of the output syntax.
102 .B move \fITRACK\fR \fIDELTA\fR
107 within the queue. Positive values move towards the head of the queue, negative
108 values towards the tail.
110 Note that if you specify a negative value then the
112 option separate (before all commands) becomes mandatory, as otherwise the
113 negative value is misinterpreted an an option.
115 .B part \fITRACK\fR \fICONTEXT\fI \fIPART\fR
116 Get a track name part.
118 \fICONTEXT\fR should be either \fBsort\fR or \fBdisplay\fR. \fBpart\fR is the
119 part of the name desired, typically \fBartist\fR, \fBalbum\fR or \fBtitle\fR.
122 Pause the current track. (Note that not all players support pausing.)
124 .B play \fITRACKS\fR...
125 Add \fITRACKS\fR to the end of the queue.
128 Report the currently playing track.
131 Display all the preferences for \fITRACK\fR.
134 List the current queue. The first entry in the list is the next track to play.
143 List recently played tracks. The first entry is the oldest track, the last
144 entry is the most recently played one.
146 .B remove \fITRACK\fR
147 Remove a track from the queue.
149 .B resolve \fITRACK\fR
150 Resolve aliases for \fITRACK\fR and print out the real track name.
153 Resume the current track after a pause.
156 Scratch the currently playing track.
158 .B scratch-id \fIID\fR
159 Scratch the currently playing track, provided it has the given ID.
161 .B search \fITERMS\fR
162 Search for tracks containing all of the listed terms. The terms are
163 separated by spaces and form a single argument, so must be quoted,
166 .B "disorder search 'bowie china'"
168 You can limit the search to tracks with a particular tag, too, using the
169 \fBtag:\fR modifier. For example:
171 .B "disorder search 'love tag:depressing'
173 .B set \fITRACK\fR \fIKEY\fR \fIVALUE\fR
174 Set the preference \fIKEY\fR for \fITRACK\fR to \fIVALUE\fR.
176 .B set-global \fIKEY\fR \fIVALUE\fR
177 Set a global preference.
179 .B set-volume \fBLEFT\fR \fBRIGHT\fR
183 List server statistics.
188 .B unset \fITRACK\fR \fIKEY\fR
189 Unset the preference \fIKEY\fR for \fITRACK\fR.
191 .B unset-global \fIKEY\fR
192 Unset the global preference \fIKEY\fR.
195 Report the daemon's version number.
201 tracks may be specified by name or by ID. If you use the name and a track
202 appears twice in the queue it is undefined which is affected.
203 .SS "Privileged Commands"
204 These commands are only available to privileged users.
210 Make the daemon reload its configuration file.
213 Rescan the filesystem for new tracks. There is an automatic daily rescan but
214 if you've just added some tracks and want them to show up immediately, use this
218 Shut down the daemon.
220 Currently the following preferences are supported. Some are expected
221 to be set by users, others updated automatically by plugins.
224 If this preference is present and set to "0" then the track will not
225 be picked for random play. Otherwise it may be.
228 A decimal integer giving the number times the track was played. This
229 includes tracks that are scratched or were picked at random.
232 The last time the track was played, as a \fBtime_t\fR converted to a
236 The number of times the track has been scratched.
239 A decimal integer giving the number of times the track was requested.
240 (Tracks that are removed before being played are not counted.)
243 Tags that apply to this track, separated by commas. Tags can contain any
244 printing character except comma. Leading and trailing spaces are not
245 significant but internal spaces are.
251 global preferences, it is possible to limit the tracks that will be selected at
254 .B trackname_\fICONTEXT\fB_\fIPART\fR
255 These preferences can be used to override the filename parsing rules
256 to find a track name part. For backwards compatibility,
257 \fBtrackname_\fIPART\fR will be used if the full version
261 The number of times the track has been played to completion without
263 .SH "Superuser Commands"
264 These commands will (generally) only work for root, who must be a privileged
267 .B authorize \fIUSER\fR
268 Chooses a password for \fIUSER\fR and adds it to \fIconfig.private\fR. Also
269 creates an appropriate \fIconfig.USER\fR, be owned by the user.
271 If at least one \fBauthorize\fR command succeeds then the server is
272 automatically told to re-read its configuration.
275 is locale-aware. If you do not set the locale correctly then it may
276 not handle non-ASCII data properly.
278 The client determines which user to attempt to authenticate as by
279 examining the current UID.
281 This program is not intended to run in a setuid environment.
283 The regexp syntax used by the \fBfiles\fR and \fBdirs\fR commands use the
284 syntax described in \fBpcrepattern\fR(3). Matching is case-independent. It is
285 strongly recommended that you quote regexps, since they often contain
286 characters treated specially by the shell. For example:
288 .B "disorder dirs /Music ~'^(?!the [^t])t'"
290 If you cannot play a track, or it does not appear in the database even after a
291 rescan, check the following things:
294 Are there any error messages in the system log? The server logs to
295 \fBLOG_DAEMON\fR, which typically ends up in
296 .I /var/log/daemon.log
298 .IR /var/log/messages ,
299 though this depends on local configuration.
302 Is the track in a known format? Have a look at
304 for the formats recognized by the local installation. The filename matching is
308 Do permissions on the track allow the server to read it?
311 Do the permissions on the containing directories allow the server to read and
314 The user the server runs as is determined by the \fBuser\fR directive in the
315 configuration file. The README recommends using \fBjukebox\fR for this purpose
316 but it could be different locally.
320 The default username.
323 The user's home directory.
325 .B LC_ALL\fR, \fBLANG\fR, etc
326 Current locale. See \fBlocale\fR(7).
330 Global configuration file. See \fBdisorder_config\fR(5).
332 .I ~/.disorder/passwd
333 Per-user password file
335 .I pkgstatedir/socket
336 Communication socket for \fBdisorder\fR(1).
338 \fBdisorderd\fR(8), \fBdisorder_config\fR(5), \fBsyslog\fR(3), \fBtime\fR(2),
339 \fBpcrepattern\fR(3), \fBdisobedience\fR(1)
341 "\fBpydoc disorder\fR" for the Python API documentation.