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 information, use this to fetch information on this CD-ROM from the CDDB databases (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 suitable for appending to .cdtooldb. Should there be an uncertainty as to which CD-ROM information it should download, it prints a list of alternatives 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 <rodent@homer.humbug.org.au>

Enhancements:
Wade Hampton <whampton@staffnet.com>