02-02-2006
command line arguments
Hi
How to pass multi line text as a command line argument to a program.
(i.e)
./a.out hi this is sample 0 file1
where
hi this is sample should be stored in argv[1]
0 in argv[2] and so on...
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LEARN ABOUT NETBSD
esdctl
esdctl(1) User Commands esdctl(1)
NAME
esdctl - Enlightened Sound Daemon (esd) control program
SYNOPSIS
esdctl [-h] [-s hostname:port] command
DESCRIPTION
The esdctl utility is a command-line control program for the Enlightened Sound Daemon (esd).
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-s hostname:portContact the esd server on hostname at port. You can also specify this option as follows:
--server=hostname:port
-h Display help text, and exit.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
command The following commands are supported:
allinfo Get player and sample information from the server
cache sample Cache a sample in the server
free name Uncache a sample in the server
getid name Retrieve a sample id, given the sample name
lock Do not allow foreign clients to use the server
loop name Make a cached sample loop
off Suspend sound output so that other programs can use the audio device (this is the same as the standby
option)
on Resume sound output so that only esd can use the audio device (this is the same as the resume option)
pansample id lefSetidefault panning for a sample, where id is the sample ID, and left and right are integers in the range 0
to 255
panstream id lefSetipanning for a stream, where id is the stream ID, and left and right are integers in the range 0 to 255
play name Play a cached sample once
resume Resume sound output so that only esd can use the audio device (this is the same as the on option)
serverinfo Get server information from the server
standby Suspend sound output so that other programs can use the audio device (this is the same as the off option)
standbymode Check whether the server is on standby
stop name Stop the looping sample at the end
unlock Allow foreign clients to use the server
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Putting esd into Standby Mode
example% esdctl standby
Example 2: Ending Standby Mode
example% esdctl resume
Example 3: Loading a sample into the esd cache
example% esdctl cache info.wav
Sample <3> uploaded. Name = esdctl:info.wav
This output indicates that the sample id is 3, and the sample name is esdctl:info.wav.
Example 4: Getting a sample id from the esd cache
example% esdctl getid esdctl:info.wav
Example 5: Playing a sample from the esd cache
example% esdctl play esdctl:info.wav
Example 6: Playing and looping a sample
example% esdctl loop esdctl:info.wav
Example 7: Stopping a looped sample that is being played
example% esdctl stop esdctl:info.wav
Example 8: Removing a sample from the esd cache
example% esdctl free esdctl:info.wav
Example 9: Setting panning for a stream
example% esdctl panstream 1 100 155
Example 10: Setting panning for a sample
example% esdctl pansample 1 155 100
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/esdctl Executable for Enlightened Sound Daemon control program
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-audio |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
esdcat(1), esdplay(1), esdrec(1), esdsample(1), esdmon(1), esd-config(1), libesd(3)
NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003.
SunOS 5.10 8 Jan 2003 esdctl(1)