NAME
cdown - query cddb database for info on a disc
SYNOPSIS
cdown cdown [-[0..9]|-d device] [-H H] [-P P] [-V|-?|-h]
DESCRIPTION
The cdown command is a command to query the CD-ROM for track information, use this to fetch information on this CD-ROM from the CDDB databases (freedb.freedb.org), and then output the information in a form suitable for cdir(1).
cdown prints the information it downloads on stdout, in a format suitable for appending to .cdtooldb. Should there be an uncertainty as to which CD-ROM information it should download, it prints a list of alternatives to stderr and prompts for the user to select one.
A network connection is required for this to operate properly.
OPTIONS
- -d device
-
specify the cdrom device
- -H host
-
get database using HOST (def=freedb.freedb.org)
- -P port
-
get database using PORT (def=888)
- -l
-
list available cddb hosts
- -[1..9]
-
specify /dev/cdromN (def=/dev/cdrom)
- -r
-
output raw answer of the CDDB server
- -v
-
verbose output
- -D
-
enable runtime debugging
- -V
-
print version, exit
- -[?|h]
-
print help, exit
FILES
~/.cdtooldb - default database file.
ENVIRONMENT
CDTOOLDBPATH - colon delimited path of database files to search. It is not necessary to specify ~/.cdtooldb, as this is automatically added to the end of the search path.
CDTOOLDEV - device file for cd-rom, overrides compile-time defaults. CDDBHOST - host to query, overrides compile-time default
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
Main code: Bryon Ellacott <[email protected]> Enhancements: Wade Hampton <[email protected]>