11-06-2003
Most basic questions... gota get them stright...
Hey, in order to advance with unix i feel i must understand the very basics and clarify some simple things before i get into more complex things...
My questions are:
A) When (in windows) i go to start > run > cmd.exe... is that unix???
B) When using linux's TUI... is that unix??
C) any good suggestions for a "Unix Cheat Sheet" i could print off and use while using unix...?
Thanks, and im sorry for the some what retarted questions... please refrain from flaming...
Thanx...
X.B
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ESD(1) Enlightened Sound Daemon ESD(1)
NAME
esd - The Enlightened Sound Daemon
DESCRIPTION
Starts up EsounD, which provides a sound mixing server.
USAGE
esd [options]
-d DEVICE force esd to use sound device DEVICE
-b run server in 8 bit sound mode
-r RATE run server at sample rate of RATE
-as SECS free audio device after SECS of inactivity (-1 to disable)
-unix use unix domain sockets instead of tcp/ip
-tcp use tcp/ip sockets instead of unix domain
-public make tcp/ip access public (other than localhost)
-promiscuous start unlocked and owned (disable authenticaton) NOT RECOMMENDED
-terminate terminate esd daemon after last client exits
-noterminate do not terminate esd daemon after last client exits
-nobeeps disable startup beeps
-beeps enable startup beeps
-trust start esd even if use of /tmp/.esd can be insecure
-port PORT listen for connections at PORT (only for tcp/ip)
-bind ADDRESS binds to ADDRESS (only for tcp/ip)
-v --version print version information
Possible devices are: /dev/dsp, /dev/dsp2, etc.
FILES
/etc/esd.conf daemon configuration file
SEE ALSO
esdcat(1), esddsp(1), esdloop(1), esdplay(1), esdsample(1), esd-config(1), esdctl(1), esdfilt(1), esdmon(1), esdrec(1)
3rd Berkeley Distribution EsounD 0.2.41 ESD(1)