---
name: "wm2xmcd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xmcd"
version: "2.6-23"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wm2xmcd"
---

# wm2xmcd(1)

workman-to-xmcd CD database file converter

## NAME

wm2xmcd - workman-to-xmcd CD database file converter

## SYNOPSIS

**wm2xmcd** \[-*v* n\] \[-*d* outdir\] \[-*c*\] *workmandb* ...

## DESCRIPTION

Similar in function to *xmcd,* *workman* is a CD audio player utility for the X window system, but uses the XView/Open Look interface. *Wm2xmcd* is a simple program that converts *workman* CD database files to the *xmcd* format.  A specified *workman* CD database file is used as input and Xmcd CD database files are generated.

## OPTIONS

*Wm2xmcd* supports the following options:

- *-v n*

  Specifies level of verbosity of output diagnostics.  Currently the levels 0 through 3 are supported.  Level 0 is the "quietest" whereas level 3 generates lots of messages.

- *-d outdir*

  Specifies the output directory.  The default is **cddb** under the current directory.  If the *-c* option is also specified, then subdirectories under *outdir* will be created.

- *-c*

  With this option, *wm2xmcd* will prompt the user to type a category name for each CD entry to be converted.  Each category will be a subdirectory under the output directory.

## NOTES

*Workman* uses a complex multi-line track title description scheme, whereas *xmcd* uses a simple list of single-line titles.  Xmcd has flexible free-form text fields associated with the CD as well as each track. *Wm2xmcd* currently expands the multi-line *workman* track entries into a format that fits the *xmcd* list, but does not use the free-form text fields.

Some *workman* database keywords are ignored by this utility, notably those that correspond to *workman* features that are irrelevant in *xmcd.*

## SEE ALSO

[xmcd(1)](/xmcd/1.md), [cda(1)](/cda/1.md), [cddbcmd(1)](/cddbcmd/1.md),\
 Xmcd web site: http://metalab.unc.edu/tkan/xmcd/\
 CDDB web site: http://www.cddb.com/\
 FreeDB web site: http://www.freedb.org/

## AUTHOR

Ti Kan (*ti@amb.org*)\
 AMB Research Laboratories, Sunnyvale, CA, U.S.A.

Comments, suggestions, and bug reports are always welcome.

*Workman was originally written by* Steve Grimm (*koreth@hyperion.com*). Inquiries about *workman* should be directed to its current maintainer, Dirk Foersterling (*milliByte@DeathsDoor.com*).