cdown - query cddb database for info on a disc
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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.
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
Files
~/.cdtooldb - default database file.
Name
cdown - query cddb database for info on a disc
Options
-ddevice
specify the cdrom device
-Hhost
get database using HOST (def=freedb.freedb.org)
-Pport
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
See Also
cdir(1)
Synopsis
cdowncdown [-[0..9]|-d device] [-H H] [-P P] [-V|-?|-h]
