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21 disorder \- DisOrder jukebox client
29 is used to query the \fBdisorderd\fR(8) daemon from the command line.
30 It may be used to request tracks, scratch tracks, query the current
31 state, etc, and by an administrator to shutdown or reconfigure the
34 If no commands are specified then \fBdisorder\fR connects to the
35 daemon and then immediately disconnects.
36 This can be used to test whether the daemon is running.
37 Otherwise, it executes the commands specified.
40 .B \-\-config \fIPATH\fR, \fB\-c \fIPATH
41 Set the configuration file.
43 .IR pkgconfdir/config .
45 .B \-\-debug\fR, \fB\-d
48 .B \-\-help\fR, \fB\-h
49 Display a usage message.
51 .B \-\-version\fR, \fB\-V
52 Display version number.
54 .B \-\-help\-commands\fR, \fB\-H
55 List all known commands.
58 .B adduser \fIUSERNAME PASSWORD\fR [\fIRIGHTS\fR]
60 If \fIRIGHTS\fR is not specified then the \fBdefault_rights\fR
61 setting from the server's configuration file applies.
63 .B authorize \fIUSERNAME\fR [\fIRIGHTS\fR]
64 Create user \fIUSERNAME\fR with a random password.
65 User \fIUSERNAME\fR must be a UNIX login user (not just any old string).
66 If \fIRIGHTS\fR is not specified then the \fBdefault_rights\fR
67 setting from the server's configuration file applies.
69 \fI~USERNAME/.disorder/passwd\fR is created with the password in it, so the new
70 user should be able to log in immediately.
72 If writing the \fIpasswd\fR file fails then the user will already have been
73 created in DisOrder's user database.
74 Use \fBdisorder deluser\fR to remove them before trying again.
76 .B deluser \fIUSERNAME\fR
79 .B dirs \fIDIRECTORY\fR [\fB~\fIREGEXP\fR]
80 List all the directories in \fIDIRECTORY\fR.
82 An optional regexp may be specified, marked with an initial \fB~\fR.
83 Only directories with a basename matching the regexp will be returned.
86 Disable playing after the current track finishes.
88 .B edituser \fIUSERNAME PROPERTY VALUE
89 Set some property of a user.
94 .B files \fIDIRECTORY\fR [\fB~\fIREGEXP\fR]
95 List all the files in \fIDIRECTORY\fR.
97 An optional regexp may be specified, marked with an initial \fB~\fR.
98 Only files with a basename matching the regexp will be returned.
100 .B get \fITRACK\fR \fIKEY\fR
101 Display the preference \fIKEY\fR for \fITRACK\fR.
103 .B get\-global \fIKEY\fR
104 Get a global preference.
107 Display the current volume settings.
109 .B length \fITRACK\fR
110 Display the length of \fITRACK\fR in seconds.
113 Write event log messages to standard output, until the server is terminated.
114 See \fBdisorder_protocol\fR (5) for details of the output syntax.
116 .B move \fITRACK\fR \fIDELTA\fR
122 Positive values move towards the head of the queue, negative
123 values towards the tail.
125 Note that if you specify a negative value then the
127 option separate (before all commands) becomes mandatory, as otherwise the
128 negative value is misinterpreted an an option.
130 .B part \fITRACK\fR \fICONTEXT\fI \fIPART\fR
131 Get a track name part.
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.
138 Pause the current track.
139 (Note that not all players support pausing.)
141 .B play \fITRACKS\fR...
142 Add \fITRACKS\fR to the end of the queue.
145 Report the currently playing track.
148 Display all the preferences for \fITRACK\fR.
151 List the current queue.
152 The first entry in the list is the next track to play.
161 List recently played tracks.
162 The first entry is the oldest track, the last entry is the most
166 Make the daemon reload its configuration file.
168 .B remove \fITRACK\fR
169 Remove a track from the queue.
172 Rescan the filesystem for new tracks.
173 There is an automatic daily rescan but if you've just added some tracks
174 and want them to show up immediately, use this command.
176 .B resolve \fITRACK\fR
177 Resolve aliases for \fITRACK\fR and print out the real track name.
180 Resume the current track after a pause.
183 Report the RTP brodcast address used by the server (if any).
186 Scratch the currently playing track.
188 .B scratch\-id \fIID\fR
189 Scratch the currently playing track, provided it has the given ID.
191 .B search \fITERMS\fR
192 Search for tracks containing all of the listed terms.
193 The terms are separated by spaces and form a single argument,
194 so must be quoted, for example:
196 .B "disorder search 'bowie china'"
198 You can limit the search to tracks with a particular tag, too, using the
202 .B "disorder search 'love tag:depressing'"
204 .B set \fITRACK\fR \fIKEY\fR \fIVALUE\fR
205 Set the preference \fIKEY\fR for \fITRACK\fR to \fIVALUE\fR.
207 .B set\-global \fIKEY\fR \fIVALUE\fR
208 Set a global preference.
210 .B set\-volume \fBLEFT\fR \fBRIGHT\fR
213 .B setup\-guest \fR[\fB\-\-no\-online\-registration\fR]
214 Create the "guest" user for use by the web interface.
215 This user will have no password and will only have the "read" and
216 "register" rights, the latter allowing new users to automatically
217 register themselves via the web interface.
219 With the option \fB\-\-no-online\-registration\fR, the "register" right is
220 suppressed and users must be manually created by an administrator.
222 If online registration is desired then \fBmail_sender\fR must be set in the
224 See \fBdisorder_config\fR(5).
227 Shut down the daemon.
230 List server statistics.
235 .B unset \fITRACK\fR \fIKEY\fR
236 Unset the preference \fIKEY\fR for \fITRACK\fR.
238 .B unset\-global \fIKEY\fR
239 Unset the global preference \fIKEY\fR.
241 .B userinfo \fIUSERNAME PROPERTY
242 Get some property of a user.
248 Report the daemon's version number.
254 tracks may be specified by name or by ID.
255 If you use the name and a track appears twice in the queue it is
256 undefined which is affected.
258 Currently the following preferences are supported.
259 Some are expected to be set by users, others updated automatically by plugins.
262 If this preference is present and set to "0" then the track will not
263 be picked for random play.
267 A decimal integer giving the number times the track was played.
268 This includes tracks that are scratched or were picked at random.
271 The last time the track was played, as a \fBtime_t\fR converted to a
275 The number of times the track has been scratched.
278 A decimal integer giving the number of times the track was requested.
279 (Tracks that are removed before being played are not counted.)
282 Tags that apply to this track, separated by commas.
283 Tags can contain any printing character except comma.
284 Leading and trailing spaces are not significant but internal spaces are.
290 global preferences, it is possible to limit the tracks that will be selected at
293 .B trackname_\fICONTEXT\fB_\fIPART\fR
294 These preferences can be used to override the filename parsing rules
295 to find a track name part.
296 For backwards compatibility, \fBtrackname_\fIPART\fR will be used
297 if the full version is not present.
300 The number of times the track has been played to completion without
304 The weight for this track. Weights are non-negative integers which determine
305 the relative likelihood of a track being picked at random (i.e. if track A has
306 twice the weight of track B then it is twice as likely to be picked at random).
307 A track with weight 0 will not be picked at random, though \fBpick_at_random\fR
308 is a more sensible way to configure this.
310 The default weight, used if no weight is set or the weight value is invalid, is
311 90000. Note that many other factors than track weight affect whether a track
312 will be played - tracks already in the queue will not be picked at random for
315 The maximum allowed weight is 2147483647. If you set a larger value it will be
316 clamped to this value. Negative weights will be completely ignored and the
317 default value used instead.
321 If you do not set the locale correctly then it may not handle non-ASCII
324 The client determines which user to attempt to authenticate as by examining the
326 This can be overridden in a per-user configuration file, see
327 \fBdisorder_config\fR(5).
329 See \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
331 would not normally have.)
333 This program is not intended to run in a setuid environment.
335 The regexp syntax used by the \fBfiles\fR and \fBdirs\fR commands use the
336 syntax described in \fBpcrepattern\fR(3).
337 Matching is case-independent.
338 It is strongly recommended that you quote regexps, since they often
339 contain characters treated specially by the shell.
342 .B "disorder dirs /Music ~'^(?!the [^t])t'"
344 If you cannot play a track, or it does not appear in the database even after a
345 rescan, check the following things:
348 Are 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
352 .IR /var/log/messages ,
353 though this depends on local configuration.
356 Is the track in a known format? Have a look at
358 for the formats recognized by the local installation.
359 The filename matching is case-sensitive.
362 Do permissions on the track allow the server to read it?
365 Do the permissions on the containing directories allow the server to read and
368 The user the server runs as is determined by the \fBuser\fR directive in the
370 The README recommends using \fBjukebox\fR for this purpose but it could
371 be different locally.
375 The default username.
378 The user's home directory.
380 .B LC_ALL\fR, \fBLANG\fR, etc
386 Global configuration file.
387 See \fBdisorder_config\fR(5).
389 .I ~/.disorder/passwd
390 Per-user password file
392 .I pkgstatedir/socket
393 Communication socket for \fBdisorder\fR(1).
395 \fBdisorderd\fR(8), \fBdisorder_config\fR(5), \fBsyslog\fR(3), \fBtime\fR(2),
396 \fBpcrepattern\fR(3), \fBdisobedience\fR(1), \fBdisorder.cgi\fR(8)
398 "\fBpydoc disorder\fR" for the Python API documentation.
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