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19 disorder \- DisOrder jukebox client
27 is used to query the \fBdisorderd\fR(8) daemon from the command line.
28 It may be used to request tracks, scratch tracks, query the current
29 state, etc, and by an administrator to shutdown or reconfigure the
32 If no commands are specified then \fBdisorder\fR connects to the
33 daemon and then immediately disconnects.
34 This can be used to test whether the daemon is running.
35 Otherwise, it executes the commands specified.
37 This man page documents the command-line client.
38 See \fBdisorderd\fR (8) for information about the server process
39 and \fBdisorder_config\fR (5) for documentation of the configuration file.
42 .B \-\-config \fIPATH\fR, \fB\-c \fIPATH
43 Set the configuration file.
45 .IR pkgconfdir/config .
47 .B \-\-debug\fR, \fB\-d
50 .B \-\-help\fR, \fB\-h
51 Display a usage message.
53 .B \-\-version\fR, \fB\-V
54 Display version number.
56 .B \-\-help\-commands\fR, \fB\-H
57 List all known commands.
60 .B adduser \fIUSERNAME PASSWORD\fR [\fIRIGHTS\fR]
62 If \fIRIGHTS\fR is not specified then the \fBdefault_rights\fR
63 setting from the server's configuration file applies.
66 Adopts track \fIID\fR (in the queue).
67 The track will show up as submitted by the calling user.
69 .B authorize \fIUSERNAME\fR [\fIRIGHTS\fR]
70 Create user \fIUSERNAME\fR with a random password.
71 User \fIUSERNAME\fR must be a UNIX login user (not just any old string).
72 If \fIRIGHTS\fR is not specified then the \fBdefault_rights\fR
73 setting from the server's configuration file applies.
75 \fI~USERNAME/.disorder/passwd\fR is created with the password in it, so the new
76 user should be able to log in immediately.
78 If writing the \fIpasswd\fR file fails then the user will already have been
79 created in DisOrder's user database.
80 Use \fBdisorder deluser\fR to remove them before trying again.
82 .B deluser \fIUSERNAME\fR
85 .B dirs \fIDIRECTORY\fR [\fB~\fIREGEXP\fR]
86 List all the directories in \fIDIRECTORY\fR.
88 An optional regexp may be specified, marked with an initial \fB~\fR.
89 Only directories with a basename matching the regexp will be returned.
92 Disable playing after the current track finishes.
94 .B edituser \fIUSERNAME PROPERTY VALUE
95 Set some property of a user.
100 .B files \fIDIRECTORY\fR [\fB~\fIREGEXP\fR]
101 List all the files in \fIDIRECTORY\fR.
103 An optional regexp may be specified, marked with an initial \fB~\fR.
104 Only files with a basename matching the regexp will be returned.
106 .B get \fITRACK\fR \fIKEY\fR
107 Display the preference \fIKEY\fR for \fITRACK\fR.
108 See \fBdisorder_preferences\fR (5).
110 .B get\-global \fIKEY\fR
111 Get a global preference.
112 See \fBdisorder_preferences\fR (5).
115 Display the current volume settings.
117 .B length \fITRACK\fR
118 Display the length of \fITRACK\fR in seconds.
121 Write event log messages to standard output, until the server is terminated.
122 See \fBdisorder_protocol\fR (5) for details of the output syntax.
124 .B move \fITRACK\fR \fIDELTA\fR
130 Positive values move towards the head of the queue, negative
131 values towards the tail.
133 Note that if you specify a negative value then the
135 option separate (before all commands) becomes mandatory, as otherwise the
136 negative value is misinterpreted an an option.
138 .B part \fITRACK\fR \fICONTEXT\fI \fIPART\fR
139 Get a track name part.
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.
146 Pause the current track.
147 (Note that not all players support pausing.)
149 .B play \fITRACKS\fR...
150 Add \fITRACKS\fR to the end of the queue.
153 Report the currently playing track.
155 .B playlist-del \fIPLAYLIST\fR
156 Deletes playlist \fIPLAYLIST\fR.
158 .B playlist-get \fIPLAYLIST\fR
159 Gets the contents of playlist \fIPLAYLIST\fR.
161 .B playlist-set \fIPLAYLIST\fR [\fIPATH\fR]
162 Set the contents of playlist \fIPLAYLIST\fR.
163 If an absolute path name is specified then the track list is read from
165 Otherwise the track list is read from standard input.
166 In either case, the list is terminated either by end of file or by a line
167 containing a single ".".
170 Lists known playlists (in no particular order).
173 Display all the preferences for \fITRACK\fR.
174 See \fBdisorder_preferences\fR (5).
177 List the current queue.
178 The first entry in the list is the next track to play.
187 List recently played tracks.
188 The first entry is the oldest track, the last entry is the most
192 Make the daemon reload its configuration file.
194 Not all configuration options can be modified during the lifetime of the
195 server; of those that can't, some will just be ignored if they change while
196 others will cause the new configuration to be rejected.
197 See \fBdisorder_config\fR(5) for details.
199 .B remove \fITRACK\fR
200 Remove a track from the queue.
203 Rescan the filesystem for new tracks.
204 There is an automatic daily rescan but if you've just added some tracks
205 and want them to show up immediately, use this command.
207 .B resolve \fITRACK\fR
208 Resolve aliases for \fITRACK\fR and print out the real track name.
211 Resume the current track after a pause.
214 Report the RTP brodcast address used by the server (if any).
216 .B schedule-del \fIEVENT\fR
217 Delete a scheduled event.
220 List scheduled events.
221 Each line contains the ID, a timestamp, 'N' or 'J' for normal or junk priority,
222 the user, the action and action-specific data.
224 .B schedule-play \fIWHEN PRIORITY TRACK\fI
225 Play \fITRACK\fR at time \fIWHEN\fR.
226 Various time/date formats are supported depending on locale but the following
227 three will always work:
231 .B "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS"
239 \fIPRIORITY\fR should be \fBjunk\fR or \fBnormal\fR.
240 This determines how the event is handled if it becomes due when the server is
242 Junk events are just discarded in this case, while normal events will be
243 executed when the server comes back up, even if this is much later.
245 .B schedule-set-global \fIWHEN PRIORITY NAME VALUE\fI
246 Set global preference \fINAME\fR to \fIVALUE\fR at time \fIWHEN\fR.
248 .B schedule-unset-global \fIWHEN PRIORITY NAME\fI
249 Unset global preference \fINAME\fR at time \fIWHEN\fR.
252 Scratch the currently playing track.
254 .B scratch\-id \fIID\fR
255 Scratch the currently playing track, provided it has the given ID.
257 .B search \fITERMS\fR
258 Search for tracks containing all of the listed terms.
259 The terms are separated by spaces and form a single argument,
260 so must be quoted, for example:
262 .B "disorder search 'bowie china'"
264 You can limit the search to tracks with a particular tag, too, using the
268 .B "disorder search 'love tag:depressing'"
270 .B set \fITRACK\fR \fIKEY\fR \fIVALUE\fR
271 Set the preference \fIKEY\fR for \fITRACK\fR to \fIVALUE\fR.
272 See \fBdisorder_preferences\fR (5).
274 .B set\-global \fIKEY\fR \fIVALUE\fR
275 Set a global preference.
276 See \fBdisorder_preferences\fR (5).
278 .B set\-volume \fBLEFT\fR \fBRIGHT\fR
281 .B setup\-guest \fR[\fB\-\-no\-online\-registration\fR]
282 Create the "guest" user for use by the web interface.
283 This user will have no password and will only have the "read" and
284 "register" rights, the latter allowing new users to automatically
285 register themselves via the web interface.
287 With the option \fB\-\-no-online\-registration\fR, the "register" right is
288 suppressed and users must be manually created by an administrator.
290 If online registration is desired then \fBmail_sender\fR must be set in the
292 See \fBdisorder_config\fR(5).
295 Shut down the daemon.
298 List server statistics.
303 .B unset \fITRACK\fR \fIKEY\fR
304 Unset the preference \fIKEY\fR for \fITRACK\fR.
305 See \fBdisorder_preferences\fR (5).
307 .B unset\-global \fIKEY\fR
308 Unset the global preference \fIKEY\fR.
309 See \fBdisorder_preferences\fR (5).
311 .B userinfo \fIUSERNAME PROPERTY
312 Get some property of a user.
318 Report the daemon's version number.
324 tracks may be specified by name or by ID.
325 If you use the name and a track appears twice in the queue it is
326 undefined which is affected.
330 If you do not set the locale correctly then it may not handle non-ASCII
333 The client determines which user to attempt to authenticate as by examining the
335 This can be overridden in a per-user configuration file, see
336 \fBdisorder_config\fR(5).
338 See \fBdisorder_protocol\fR(5) for the rights required to run each command.
339 (For instance, \fBshutdown\fR requires the \fBadmin\fR right, which most users
340 would not normally have.)
342 This program is not intended to run in a setuid environment.
344 The regexp syntax used by the \fBfiles\fR and \fBdirs\fR commands use the
345 syntax described in \fBpcrepattern\fR(3).
346 Matching is case-independent.
347 It is strongly recommended that you quote regexps, since they often
348 contain characters treated specially by the shell.
351 .B "disorder dirs /Music ~'^(?!the [^t])t'"
353 If you cannot play a track, or it does not appear in the database even after a
354 rescan, check the following things:
357 Are there any error messages in the system log? The server logs to
358 \fBLOG_DAEMON\fR, which typically ends up in
359 .I /var/log/daemon.log
361 .IR /var/log/messages ,
362 though this depends on local configuration.
365 Is the track in a known format? Have a look at
367 for the formats recognized by the local installation.
368 The filename matching is case-sensitive.
371 Do permissions on the track allow the server to read it?
374 Do the permissions on the containing directories allow the server to read and
377 The user the server runs as is determined by the \fBuser\fR directive in the
379 The README recommends using \fBjukebox\fR for this purpose but it could
380 be different locally.
384 The user's home directory.
386 .B LC_ALL\fR, \fBLANG\fR, etc
392 Global configuration file.
393 See \fBdisorder_config\fR(5).
395 .I ~/.disorder/passwd
396 Per-user password file
398 .I pkgstatedir/socket
399 Communication socket for \fBdisorder\fR(1).
401 \fBdisorderd\fR(8), \fBdisorder_config\fR(5), \fBsyslog\fR(3), \fBtime\fR(2),
402 \fBpcrepattern\fR(3), \fBdisobedience\fR(1), \fBdisorder.cgi\fR(8),
403 \fBdisorder_preferences\fR(5)
405 "\fBpydoc disorder\fR" for the Python API documentation.