jack_wait(1)

jack_wait1

Jack toolkit client to check and wait for existence/exit of jackd.

Usage

jack_wait [ -s | --server servername ] [ -t | --timeout timeout_seconds [ -cqwhv ]

Overview

jack_wait When invoked with -c it only checks for the existence of a jack server. When invoked with -w the program will wait for a jackd to be available. The -q makes it wait for the jackd to exit.

Options

-w, --wait

Wait for jackd to be available.

-q, --quit

Wait for jackd quit.

-c, --check

Only check for existence of jackd, and exit.

-s, --server servername

Connect to the jack server named servername

-t, --timeout timeout_seconds

Only wait timeout_seconds.

-h, --help

Display help/usage message

-v, --version

Output version information and exit

Releases

9 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 7 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9
  5. 10
  6. 11
  7. 12
  8. 13–Arch

From jack-example-tools 4-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.