cdown

CDOWN(1)                         User Commands                        CDOWN(1)



NAME
       cdown - query cddb database for info on a disc

SYNOPSIS
       cdown
       cdown     [-[0..9]|-d device] [-H H] [-P P] [-V|-?|-h]


DESCRIPTION
       The  cdown  command is a command to query the CD-ROM for track informa‐
       tion, use this to fetch information on this CD-ROM from the CDDB  data‐
       bases  (freedb.freedb.org),  and  then output the information in a form
       suitable for cdir(1).

       cdown prints the information it downloads on stdout, in a format  suit‐
       able  for appending to .cdtooldb.  Should there be an uncertainty as to
       which CD-ROM information it should download, it prints a list of alter‐
       natives to stderr and prompts for the user to select one.

       A network connection is required for this to operate properly.


OPTIONS
              -d device
                     specify the cdrom device

              -H host
                     get database using HOST (def=freedb.freedb.org)

              -P port
                     get database using PORT (def=888)

              -l     list available cddb hosts

              -[1..9]
                     specify /dev/cdromN (def=/dev/cdrom)

              -r     output raw answer of the CDDB server

              -v     verbose output

              -D     enable runtime debugging

              -V     print version, exit

              -[?|h] print help, exit


FILES
       ~/.cdtooldb - default database file.

ENVIRONMENT
       CDTOOLDBPATH - colon delimited path of database files to search.  It is
       not necessary to specify ~/.cdtooldb, as this is automatically added to
       the end of the search path.

       CDTOOLDEV  -  device  file for cd-rom, overrides compile-time defaults.
       CDDBHOST - host to query, overrides compile-time default

SEE ALSO
       cdir(1)

AUTHORS
       Main code:
              Bryon Ellacott 
       Enhancements:
              Wade Hampton 



CDTOOL                           29-July-2004                         CDOWN(1)