---
name: "cdtool2cddb"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cdtool"
version: "2.1.8-release-8"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cdtool2cddb"
---

# cdtool2cddb(1)

convert .cdtooldb file to set of CDDB files

## NAME

cdtool2cddb - convert .cdtooldb file to set of CDDB files

## SYNOPSIS

**cdtool2cddb** \[**-rvx**\] \[**-d** *dir*\] \[**-l** *len*\] \[*input*...\]

## DESCRIPTION

*cdtool2cddb* converts one or more **.cdtooldb** files to **CDDB**-format files suitable for using with many CD player applications.  The output is a set of files, each named for the 32-bit hexadecimal CDDB ID number of a given audio CD.  These files are placed in the current directory unless *-d* is specified.

## OPTIONS

- **-d** *directory*

  Specify the output directory.  This is where the 8-digit output filenames go.  There will be one file for each CD definition in your **.cdtooldb** file(s).

- **-l** *length*

  Specify the maximum line length for the output file.  Comment lines may be any length, but the *CDDB* format specifies that data lines must wrap at 76 characters.  Thus, this is the default for *cdtool2cddb*, but you may change it if you wish.

- **-r**

  At least one CD player application (*groovycd*) requires lines of its *CDDB* files to end with CR-LF, because they come over the network that way. The **-r** option tells *cdtool2cddb* to output such lines; otherwise lines will end with LF only.

- **-v**

  Increment the verbosity level.

- **-x**

  Use an alternate identification string in the output file.  If you wish to upload a *CDDB* file to a *CDDB* server via e-mail, the server will probably check the ID string in the file to make sure it is from a "trusted" CD player application. *cdtool* is not trusted, but *xmcd* is, so the **-x** option pretends we are *xmcd*.

## FILES

- **~/.cdtooldb**

  A typical cdtooldb input file

- **/var/lib/cddb/misc**, **~/.groovycd**

  Typical output directories (see **-d**).

## SEE ALSO

[cdir(1)](/cdir/1.md), [cdown(1)](/cdown/1.md), [cdadd(1)](/cdadd/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Peter Samuelson \<peter@cadcamlab.org\>